The farm bill has been the primary vehicle for establishing U.S. farm policy for nearly 90 years, starting with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, part of the legislative New Deal package ...

The Agricultural Adjustment Act subsidized farmers for reducing crops and provided loans for farmers facing bankruptcy. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) helped people save their homes ...

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) This body was set up by the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act. Its aim was to end overproduction and falling prices in farming. Farmers were paid to ...