Number: 96-900
Title: Farm Commodity Legislation: Chronology, 1933-2002
Authors: Geoffrey S. Becker, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Since 1933, Congress has required the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to administer a variety of programs providing price support and income protection for the nation's farmers. The omnibus law now guiding the programs (through 2002) is the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. This Congressional Research Service report is a chronology of major commodity support laws since 1933.
Pages: 6
Date: May 31, 2002