AAA (AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT) OF 1933
What was AAA?
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (May 1933) was an omnibus farm-relief bill embodying the schemes of the major national farm organizations. It established the Agricultural Adjustment Administration under Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace to effect a “domestic allotment” plan that would subsidize producers of basic commodities for cutting their output. Its goal was the restoration of prices paid to farmers for their goods to a level equal in purchasing power to that of 1909–14, which was a period of comparative stability. In addition, the Commodity Credit Corporation, with a crop loan and storage program, was established to make price-supporting loans and purchases of specific commodities.the early AAA program was favored by most farmers. The Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional in 1936, and Congress passed new agricultural legislation two years later based on the soil conservation concept. While farmers’ cash income doubled between 1932 and 1936, it took the enormous demands of World War II to reduce the accumulated farm surpluses and to increase farm income significantly.
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Why was aaa significant?
The AAA did not end the Depression and drought, but the legislation remained the basis for all farm programs in the following 70 years of the 20th Century.During World War II, the AAA turned its attention to increasing food production to meet war needs.This reduction and destruction of food supplies took place in front of a backdrop of hungry Americans during the Great Depression.Partially in response to the Supreme Court's rejection of the AAA of 1933, the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act was passed in 1936. The Act subsidized farmers by paying them for soil-conservation and soil-building. The main significance of AAA was that it ultimately led to the second triple A and also the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act which was passed in 1936.
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SECOND TRIPLE A
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WHAT WAS SECOND AAA?
This Act came into existence as an alternative for the farm subsidy policies. The Act facilitated in making price support compulsory for corn, cotton and wheat. The Act helps in maintaining self sufficient supply during low production periods. The Act also helps the farmers by reducing the production of staple crops and encouraging more diversified farming. Th Act a facilitates in making loans to farmers to purchase and store crops in order to maintain farm prices.The 1938 Act is considered part of permanent legislation for commodity programs and farm income support (along with the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and the Agricultural Act of 1949).
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why was second aaa significant?
The Supreme Court ruled the AAA unconstitutional in United States v. Butler (1936), but Congress quickly replaced it with the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and with a second Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1938. The AAA and its successors continued to focus primarily on commercial producers, sustained the policies of acreage limitation and price supports in the form of government loans, and helped convert marginal croplands to grass and forage for livestock. This massive government involvement in the economic lives of Great Plains farmers is the most prominent legacy of the AAA.
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