Historical overview of U.S. agricultural policies and programs
1985
Rasmussen, W.D.
Extract: U.S. agricultural policy is as old as the Nation itself, going back to the struggle for independence against Great Britain. As the Nation developed, policies were implemented to promote the exploration and settlement of the frontiers. As the country progressed through cycles of business development, financed at first by farm exports, policies were formulated to help U.S. agriculture keep pace. By the thirties, a national concern arose to improve the depressed farm income situation, which many believed to be the root of the Great Depression. Most of our current programs--and much of our current agricultural success--had their origins in this period.
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