Agricultural Act of 1970

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The Agricultural Act of 1970 was a major U.S. farm bill that restructured federal agricultural support programs, shifting toward more flexible production controls and income support for farmers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1970 Farm Bill 1
Agricultural Act of 1970 canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
farm bill ⓘ
appliesToGroup farmers ⓘ
appliesToSector agriculture ⓘ
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
containsProvision commodity support provisions ⓘ
farmer income support provisions ⓘ
production adjustment provisions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedIn 91st United States Congress ⓘ
fieldOfLaw agricultural law ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ
followedBy Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 ⓘ
follows Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 ⓘ
hasEffect reduced reliance on rigid acreage controls ⓘ
shifted U.S. farm policy toward income support ⓘ
hasPurpose introduce more flexible production controls ⓘ
provide income support for farmers ⓘ
restructure federal agricultural support programs ⓘ
hasShortName 1970 Farm Bill ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked transition toward more flexible U.S. farm programs ⓘ
implementedBy United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
introducedMechanism income support decoupled partly from production controls ⓘ
more flexible production controls ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalStatus enacted statute ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
officeholderOfSigner President of the United States ⓘ
policyArea commodity price support ⓘ
farm income stabilization ⓘ
supply management ⓘ
regulates federal commodity support programs ⓘ
production of major program crops ⓘ
regulatoryTarget commodity producers ⓘ
farm program participants ⓘ
replacedPolicyApproach strict production controls under earlier farm bills ⓘ
sectorImpacted agricultural commodity markets ⓘ
rural economy ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
subjectOf United States agricultural policy debates ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s U.S. farm policy ⓘ
typeOfSupport commodity price and income stabilization ⓘ
federal farm income support ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 → amends → Agricultural Act of 1970 ⓘ
Agricultural Act of 1970 → hasShortName → 1970 Farm Bill ⓘ
linked to: Agricultural Act of 1970