Brannan Plan

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The Brannan Plan was a post–World War II U.S. agricultural policy proposal that sought to support farmers’ incomes through direct government payments instead of traditional price supports.

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instanceOf United States federal policy proposal
agricultural policy proposal
aimedAt family farms
small farmers
appliesTo agricultural producers
farmers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedTo decouple farm income from market prices
protect consumer food prices while aiding farmers
field agricultural economics
agricultural policy
economic policy
hasAspect government subsidies
income stabilization
price stabilization
hasEffect influenced later farm income support debates
legislativeOutcome not fully enacted
mainGoal replace traditional price supports
support farmers’ incomes
namedAfter Charles F. Brannan NERFINISHED
opposedBy conservative legislators
some farm organizations
partOf postwar U.S. farm policy reform efforts
policyMechanism direct government payments to farmers
income support instead of price support
positionHeldByProposer United States Secretary of Agriculture NERFINISHED
proposedBy Charles F. Brannan NERFINISHED
proposedByOrganization United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED
proposedIn Harry S. Truman administration NERFINISHED
replaces price support programs
startTime late 1940s
timePeriod post–World War II era
topic agricultural subsidies
farm income support
price supports

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Charles F. Brannan notableIdea Brannan Plan
Charles F. Brannan proposed Brannan Plan