Most Recent Farm Bills: 2008–2018

Stephanie A. Mercier and Steve A. Halbrook ()
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Stephanie A. Mercier: Farm Journal Foundation
Steve A. Halbrook: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Chapter Chapter 17 in Agricultural Policy of the United States, 2020, pp 281-313 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter covers the policy debate and key provisions of the three most recent farm bills—the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Agriculture Act of 2014, and the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018. Efforts by some members of Congress to significantly reduce eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits among targeted populations slowed the process for both the 2014 and 2018 farm bills. Due to ballooning federal budget deficits over the period, changes made to the farm safety net in the commodities title were relatively modest in the three farm bills, although farmers did receive more choices in how they wanted their program crops to be protected.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36452-6_17

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