Federal Farm Board

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The Federal Farm Board was a U.S. government agency created in 1929 to stabilize agricultural prices and support farmers through cooperative marketing and price-support operations during the early years of the Great Depression.

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Federal Farm Board canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdByLegislature United States Congress ⓘ
createdUnderAdministration Herbert Hoover administration ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization of federal agricultural credit and relief programs under New Deal ⓘ
dissolved 1933 ⓘ
establishedBy Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 ⓘ
field agricultural economics ⓘ
farm policy ⓘ
price stabilization policy ⓘ
financedBy Revolving fund from the U.S. Treasury ⓘ
fundedBy United States federal government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver agricultural cooperatives receiving federal support ⓘ
hasBudget 500000000 USD credit line ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 8 ⓘ
hasPurpose encourage cooperative marketing associations ⓘ
provide price supports for farm commodities ⓘ
reduce harmful competition among farmers ⓘ
stabilize agricultural prices ⓘ
support American farmers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTime early years of the Great Depression ⓘ
mainSubject agricultural marketing ⓘ
agricultural price stabilization ⓘ
farmers’ cooperatives ⓘ
operatedInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
partOf New Era agricultural policy of the late 1920s ⓘ
policyOutcome contributed to large government-held surpluses ⓘ
limited success in stabilizing farm incomes ⓘ
replacedBy Farm Credit Administration ⓘ
significantEvent accumulation of surplus farm commodities ⓘ
failure to prevent farm price collapse in early 1930s ⓘ
large wheat and cotton purchases to support prices ⓘ
supportedCommodity corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
other major farm products ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
usedPolicyInstrument commodity storage ⓘ
loans to cooperatives ⓘ
market intervention purchases ⓘ
price supports ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Federal Farm Loan Act → relatedTo → Federal Farm Board ⓘ
Farm Credit Administration → hasPredecessor → Federal Farm Board ⓘ
Stanley Forman Reed → workedFor → Federal Farm Board ⓘ