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Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
The Agriculture Adjustment Act was passed by Congress in 1933 as part of the New Deal proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The AAA controlled the supply of crops such as corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco, and milk. It did so my offering payments to farmers in exchange for taking some of their land out of farming. -
Agriculture Act of 1948
The Agriculture Act of 1948 was signed by President Harry S. Truman. This act put into action many agricultural policy reforms, such as price supports for basic commodities. -
Food and Agriculture Act of 1965
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 was an act that was set to maintain farm income, stabilize prices, ensure adequate supplies for commodities, and reduce surpluses. This act also encouraged foreign trade and lower government costs. -
Agricultural and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
The Agricultural and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 was a 4 year farm bill that encouraged target prices and deficiency payments as tools that would support farm income and reduce surplus stocks. This act also authorized disaster payments and disaster reserve inventories, as well as authorized the use of commodities to feed low income mothers and children. -
Food Security Act of 1985
The Food Security Act of 1985 was a 5 year bill that allowed lower commodity price and income supports. It also established a dairy herd buyout program, which was a dairy termination program. -
Federal Agriculture and Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The Federal Agriculture and Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 was a bill that revised and simplified direct payment programs for crops and eliminated milk price supports through direct government purchases. This law removed the link between income support payments and farm prices. -
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 was a 5 year bill that continued the united States' history of agricultural subsidies as well as pursued areas like energy, conservation, nutrition, and rural development. -
Agriculture Act of 2014
The Agriculture Act of 2014 is the most recent act that was passed by Congress that authorizes nutrition and and agriculture programs in the United States for the years 2014-2018. This act includes commodity support, nutrition assistance, and conservation.
