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  2. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–246 (text), H.R. 6124, 122 Stat. 1651, enacted June 18, 2008, also known as the 2008 U.S. Farm Bill) was a $288 billion, five-year agricultural policy bill that was passed into law by the United States Congress on June 18, 2008.

  3. United States farm bill - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the farm bill was passed as the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The bill included approximately $100 billion in annual spending for Department of Agriculture programs, around 80 percent of which was allocated for food stamps and other nutritional programs.

  4. Agricultural Act of 2014 - Wikipedia

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    The first farm bill, known as the Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA), was passed by Congress in 1933 as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. [8] The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is the most recent farm bill, prior to this one.

  5. US Congress must pass farm spending bill this year, say ... - AOL

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    More than 300 U.S. farm and commodity groups urged Congress in a letter on Monday to pass a long-delayed farm spending bill before the end of the year, as farmers face a projected decline in income.

  6. GOP lawmaker squares off with USDA, tribes over farm bill ...

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    The decades-long battle over nearly 9,500 acres in Oklahoma is coming to a head in Washington, D.C. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) secured a farm bill provision that would block transfer of the land ...

  7. Agricultural policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis (1998) Conkin, Paul. A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929 (2008) Gardner, Bruce L. (2002). American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00748-4. Hurt, R. Douglas.

  8. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 farm bill renamed the Food Stamp Program to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (beginning October 2008) and replaced all references to "stamp" or "coupon" in federal law with "card" or "EBT". [23] [24] This was done to mark a more explicit focus on providing nutrition. It was also done to reduce usage of the stigmatized ...

  9. Over 8,000 farmers seek compensation for USDA ... - AOL

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    L.V. Jackson, a retired farmer, and his brother-in-law James Melvin Johnson Sr. pose for a portrait on a part of Johnson’s 40 acres of farmland in Jackson, Tenn., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.