Brannan Plan for agricultural reform
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The Brannan Plan for agricultural reform was a late-1940s U.S. proposal to modernize farm policy by replacing traditional price supports with direct income payments to farmers, aiming to stabilize rural incomes while keeping consumer food prices low.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States farm policy proposal
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agricultural policy proposal ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
keeping consumer food prices low
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modernization of farm policy ⓘ stabilization of farm income ⓘ supporting small farmers ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United States federal farm programs ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
family farmers
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low-income consumers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | radical departure from traditional farm price supports ⓘ |
| economicRationale |
shift support from prices to incomes
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support farm incomes without raising retail food prices ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural policy
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public economics ⓘ |
| fundingSource | federal government budget ⓘ |
| genre | public policy proposal ⓘ |
| hasPart |
proposal for means-tested income supplements for farmers
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proposal to allow farm commodity prices to fall to market levels ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Truman administration
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surface form:
Harry S. Truman administration
post–World War II U.S. agricultural policy debate ⓘ |
| inception | late 1940s ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of direct payments in U.S. farm policy ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
decouple farm income support from consumer food prices
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provide income security for farmers ⓘ reduce agricultural surpluses created by price supports ⓘ reduce food costs for consumers ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legislativeOutcome | never fully enacted into law ⓘ |
| mainSubject | agricultural reform ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles F. Brannan ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
conservative members of Congress
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farm organizations favoring traditional price supports ⓘ |
| policyArea |
agricultural economics
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price support policy ⓘ rural policy ⓘ |
| positionHeldByProposer | United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Charles F. Brannan ⓘ |
| proposedMechanism |
direct income payments to farmers
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government payments when market prices fell below target income levels ⓘ |
| proposedUnderAdministration |
President Harry S. Truman
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surface form:
Harry S. Truman
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| relatedTo |
United States federal farm programs
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surface form:
New Deal agricultural programs
price support system under the Agricultural Adjustment Act ⓘ |
| replaces | traditional price support programs ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Cold War
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surface form:
Cold War era
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