Brannan Plan for agricultural reform

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The Brannan Plan for agricultural reform was a late-1940s U.S. proposal to modernize farm policy by replacing traditional price supports with direct income payments to farmers, aiming to stabilize rural incomes while keeping consumer food prices low.

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instanceOf United States farm policy proposal ⓘ
agricultural policy proposal ⓘ
aimedAt keeping consumer food prices low ⓘ
modernization of farm policy ⓘ
stabilization of farm income ⓘ
supporting small farmers ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal farm programs ⓘ
beneficiary family farmers ⓘ
low-income consumers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs radical departure from traditional farm price supports ⓘ
economicRationale shift support from prices to incomes ⓘ
support farm incomes without raising retail food prices ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural policy ⓘ
public economics ⓘ
fundingSource federal government budget ⓘ
genre public policy proposal ⓘ
hasPart proposal for means-tested income supplements for farmers ⓘ
proposal to allow farm commodity prices to fall to market levels ⓘ
historicalContext Harry S. Truman administration ⓘ
post–World War II U.S. agricultural policy debate ⓘ
inception late 1940s ⓘ
influenced later discussions of direct payments in U.S. farm policy ⓘ
intendedEffect decouple farm income support from consumer food prices ⓘ
provide income security for farmers ⓘ
reduce agricultural surpluses created by price supports ⓘ
reduce food costs for consumers ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeOutcome never fully enacted into law ⓘ
mainSubject agricultural reform ⓘ
namedAfter Charles F. Brannan ⓘ
opposedBy conservative members of Congress ⓘ
farm organizations favoring traditional price supports ⓘ
policyArea agricultural economics ⓘ
price support policy ⓘ
rural policy ⓘ
positionHeldByProposer United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
proposedBy Charles F. Brannan ⓘ
proposedMechanism direct income payments to farmers ⓘ
government payments when market prices fell below target income levels ⓘ
proposedUnderAdministration Harry S. Truman ⓘ
relatedTo New Deal agricultural programs ⓘ
price support system under the Agricultural Adjustment Act ⓘ
replaces traditional price support programs ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

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