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The agricultural policy of the United States is composed primarily of the periodically renewed federal U.S. farm bills.The Farm Bills have a rich history which initially sought to provide income and price support to US farmers and prevent them from adverse global as well as local supply and demand shocks.
The 2018 farm bill or Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is an enacted United States farm bill that reauthorized $867 billion for many expenditures approved in the prior farm bill (the Agricultural Act of 2014). The bill was passed by the Senate and House on December 11 and 12, 2018, respectively.
Benedict, Murray R. "The Trend in American Agricultural Policy 1920-1949". Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft / Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (1950) 106#1: 97–122 online; Benedict, Murray R. Farm policies of the United States, 1790-1950: a study of their origins and development (1966) 546pp online; also ...
This category contains statutes enacted by United States Congress pertaining to agricultural issues. Proposed, but not enacted, legislation should be contained in Category:United States proposed federal legislation , not here.
The Committee on Agriculture was formed by resolution on December 9, 1825. [2] During the first four decades of the existence of this committee, the need for it was repeatedly called into question. At that time in America, nearly two-thirds of the population was directly engaged in agriculture. [2]
Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on August 8, 1961 President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1643, the Agricultural Act of 1961. The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-128) authorized a major expansion of USDA lending activities, which at the time were administered by Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), but now ...
United States federal agriculture legislation (2 C, 114 P) Pages in category "United States agriculture legislation" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Agricultural Act of 2014 [1] (also known as the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill, formerly the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) is an act of Congress that authorizes nutrition and agriculture programs in the United States for the years of 2014–2018. [2] The bill authorizes $956 billion in spending over the next ten years. [3]