New Deal agricultural programs
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New Deal agricultural programs were a series of U.S. federal initiatives in the 1930s that sought to stabilize farm prices, reduce surpluses, and support farmers through subsidies and production controls during the Great Depression.
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal government program
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agricultural policy initiative ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| basedOn | parity price concept ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
destruction of crops and livestock to raise prices
ⓘ
unequal benefits for large landowners over tenants and sharecroppers ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1930s (as original New Deal phase) ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
corn production
ⓘ
cotton production ⓘ dairy production ⓘ hog production ⓘ rice production ⓘ rural credit ⓘ rural electrification ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ sugar production ⓘ tobacco production ⓘ wheat production ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expansion of federal role in agriculture
ⓘ
increase in farm income ⓘ reduction in agricultural overproduction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
NERFINISHED
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Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ Agricultural Adjustment Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Bankhead Cotton Control Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Commodity Credit Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ Farm Credit Act of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ Farm Credit Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Crop Insurance Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Surplus Relief Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Jones-Costigan Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Resettlement Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Rural Electrification Act of 1936 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rural Electrification Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Soil Conservation Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Act of 1937 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Valley Authority agricultural initiatives ⓘ extension and education programs for farmers ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
long-term U.S. agricultural policy
ⓘ
postwar U.S. farm subsidy system ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainGoal |
reduction of agricultural surpluses
ⓘ
stabilization of farm prices ⓘ support for farmers ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
some business interests
ⓘ
some conservative politicians ⓘ |
| partOf | New Deal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Supreme Court invalidation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
ⓘ
enactment of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ passage of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
American farmers
ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
acreage reduction contracts
ⓘ
farm subsidies ⓘ marketing quotas ⓘ parity pricing ⓘ price supports ⓘ production controls ⓘ |
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