Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.

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Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural Act of 1949

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 89-439 (October 31, 1949), along with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, makes up the major part of the permanent law that mandates commodity price and farm income support. The ...

Agricultural Act of 1954

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 83-690 (August 28, 1954) which established a flexible price support for basic commodities (excluding tobacco) at 82.5-90% of parity and authorized a Commodity Credit Corporation ...

Agricultural Act of 1956

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 84-540 (May 28, 1956) which created the Soil Bank Program (Title I of was called the Soil Bank Act), addressed the disposal of CCC inventories of surplus stocks, contained commodity ...

Agricultural Act of 1970

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 91-524 (November 30, 1970) which initiated a significant change in commodity support policy. This 3-year farm bill replaced some of the more restrictive and mandatory features of ...

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 73-10 (May 12, 1933) which was the New Deal initiative to assist the farm sector during the Great Depression. This was the first comprehensive effort to raise and stabilize farm ...

Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 74-320 (August 24, 1935) which made several important and lasting changes to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. Section 22 of the law gave the President authority to impose ...

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 75-430 (February 16, 1938) which was enacted as an alternative and replacement for the farm subsidy policies found unworkable in the AAA legislation of 1933. The 1938 Act was the ...