Provisions of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

Frederick J. Nelson andLyle P. Schertz

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: commodity programs;    farm legislation;    direct payments;    loan rates;    marketing loans;    production flexibility contracts;    conservation;    sodbuster;    swampbuster;    farm credit;    agricultural trade;    P.L. 480;    export enhancement;    food stamps;    nutrition;   

RP-ID  :  AIB-729

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an item-by-item description and explanation of the new Act, which will guide agricultural programs from 1996-2000. Signed into law in April, the act makes significant changes in long-standing U.S. agricultural policies. Major changes in U.S. commodity programs are included in the Act's Title I, known as the Agricultural Market Transition Act.