Food and Agriculture Act of 1965

Food and Agriculture Act of 1965

Long title	An Act to maintain farm income, to stabilize prices and assure adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, to reduce surpluses, lower Government costs and promote foreign trade, to afford greater economic opportunity in rural areas, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 89th United States Congress
Effective	November 4, 1965
Citations
Public law	89-321
Statutes at Large	79 Stat. 1187
Codification
Titles amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
U.S.C. sections amended	7 U.S.C. ch. 26 § 601
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 9811 Passed the House on August 19, 1965 (221-172) Passed the Senate on September 14, 1965 (72-22) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 8, 1965; agreed to by the House on October 8, 1965 (219-150) and by the Senate on October 8, 1965 (passed) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 4, 1965

The Food and Agricultural Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89-321, 79 Stat. 1187), the first multiyear farm legislation, provided for four year commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton. It was extended for one more year through 1970 (P.L. 90 559). It authorized a Class I milk base plan for the 75 federal milk marketing orders, as well as a long term diversion of cropland under a Cropland Adjustment Program. It also continued payment and diversion programs for feed grains and cotton, and marketing certificate and diversion programs for wheat.

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Congressional Research Service document "Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition" by Jasper Womach.