What Is a Farm Bill?
Description:
A farmbill is a collection of new laws and amendmentsto longstanding lawsthat
sets the overall direction of federal food and farm policy for a specified number of
years. Farm bills typically contain not only commodity price and income support
provisions, but also provisions on agricultural trade, rural development, domestic food
assistance, foreign food aid, conservation, crop insurance, farm credit, forestry, and
agricultural research. The many issues covered by farm bills make it possible to …
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Date:
May 5, 2001
Creator:
Jones, Jean Yavis; Hanrahan, Charles E. & Womach, Jasper
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