Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

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The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.

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Generate an image of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 (The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal legislation ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
addresses Dust Bowl environmental crisis ⓘ
overproduction of certain crops ⓘ
soil erosion on agricultural land ⓘ
administeredBy Soil Conservation Service ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
constitutionalStrategy framed subsidies as payment for conservation services ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1936-02-29 ⓘ
effect expanded role of federal government in soil conservation ⓘ
shifted federal farm policy toward conservation ⓘ
enactedIn 1936 ⓘ
encourages contour plowing ⓘ
crop rotation ⓘ
planting soil-building crops ⓘ
reforestation of marginal lands ⓘ
terracing ⓘ
focusesOn erosion control ⓘ
land use planning ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ
historicalContext Dust Bowl droughts ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl

Great Depression ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalBasisFor conservation payments to farmers ⓘ
federal soil conservation programs ⓘ
longTermImpact foundation for later conservation programs in U.S. farm bills ⓘ
motivatedBy Supreme Court decision in United States v. Butler ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
policyInstrument incentives for crop rotation and contour plowing ⓘ
payments for land retirement from production ⓘ
subsidies for soil-conserving crops ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
provides federal subsidies to farmers for soil conservation ⓘ
purpose combat soil erosion ⓘ
encourage soil-conserving farming practices ⓘ
reduce environmental damage from the Dust Bowl ⓘ
stabilize farm income through conservation payments ⓘ
relatedTo Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ⓘ
Dust Bowl ⓘ
Soil Conservation Service ⓘ
replaced Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 ⓘ
sector agriculture ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
targets farmers ⓘ
owners of agricultural land ⓘ

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74th United States Congress → passed → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ
AAA → replacedBy → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ⓘ
linked to: Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 → replacedBy → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 → relatedTo → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ
New Deal agricultural programs → hasPart → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ