Federal Farm Board
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The Federal Farm Board was a U.S. government agency created in 1929 to stabilize agricultural prices and support farmers through cooperative marketing and price-support operations during the early years of the Great Depression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Farm Board canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| archivesAt | U.S. National Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdByLegislature | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdUnderAdministration | Herbert Hoover administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | reorganization of federal agricultural credit and relief programs under New Deal ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1933 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
agricultural economics
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farm policy ⓘ price stabilization policy ⓘ |
| financedBy | Revolving fund from the U.S. Treasury ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | agricultural cooperatives receiving federal support ⓘ |
| hasBudget | 500000000 USD credit line ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 8 ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
encourage cooperative marketing associations
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provide price supports for farm commodities ⓘ reduce harmful competition among farmers ⓘ stabilize agricultural prices ⓘ support American farmers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | early years of the Great Depression ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agricultural marketing
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agricultural price stabilization ⓘ farmers’ cooperatives ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New Era agricultural policy of the late 1920s ⓘ |
| policyOutcome |
contributed to large government-held surpluses
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limited success in stabilizing farm incomes ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Farm Credit Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
accumulation of surplus farm commodities
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failure to prevent farm price collapse in early 1930s ⓘ large wheat and cotton purchases to support prices ⓘ |
| supportedCommodity |
corn
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cotton ⓘ other major farm products ⓘ tobacco ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| usedPolicyInstrument |
commodity storage
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loans to cooperatives ⓘ market intervention purchases ⓘ price supports ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Stanley Forman Reed (as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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Federal Farm Board
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subject surface form:
Stanley Forman Reed