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Unclaimed land sold by federal government for $2.50/acre
Homestead Act
Bureau of Agriculture created
Creation of the federal Farm Board
Inauguration of FDR
Stock market crash
Food for Peace program
Launching of federal Food Stamp program
Congress passes Pure Food and Drug Act-
US farmers start receiving deficiency payments
USDA has 80,000 employees and a budget of $1.3 billion
Law passed to reduce amount of land that could receive deficiency payments
The Grange is formed
Creation of the Agricultural Extension Service
By this date the number of farms declined from 6.8 to 1.9 million
Freedom-to-Farm Act
Supreme Court ruled AAA unconstitutional
USDA grown to 136,000 employees and annual budget of $30 billion
Between these years farm employment fell from 12.5 million to 1.2 million
25% of US cropland is idled
Demand for US farm products falls in Asia
Ronald Reagan and Congress enact law to reduce farmers’ dependence on government aid
William Jennings Brian loses presidential election
Farm products make up 82% of the country’s export
Huey Long imposes a multi-state ban on cotton production
Congress passes $22,500 in subsidies
Annual budget of USDA stands at approximately $72 billion
AAA created
Hatch Act created
USDA paid farmers $100 million to destroy crops