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Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
This bill extended and revised agricultural price support to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research. It helped consumers afford the abundances of food and fiber that came out of the bills passage. This bill continued many policies from the Food Security Act of 1985, which were loan rates, target prices, deficiency payments and others. It however added new environmental restrictions upon farming practices because of rising budget deficits. -
Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008
This act passed the house in 2007 and was signed into law in June 2008. It continues the same commodity programs set forth in the 2002 farm bill. It provides funding for programs the conserve through land retirement among many other new programs. This bill put certain laws in place to prohibit big farms from being able to take advantage of the receiving extra benefits which could put non-farm income in excess of $500,000. These limits were imposed so no one would game the payment system. -
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
This act was passed in 2013 and signed into law in 2014. This legislation repeals 3 main provisions that made up the 2 last farm bills in 2007 and 2002. The repeal of direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and repeal of the average crop revenue election program. An example of how this bill affects farmers is the provision of direct and counter-cyclical payments. The counter-cyclical payment provided support in the cycle of market prices if crop prices went too low.
