Food Security Act of 1985
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Long title | An Act to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to continue food assistance to low-income persons, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | FSA, BPRA |
Nicknames | Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 |
Enacted by | the 99th United States Congress |
Effective | December 23, 1985 |
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Public law | 99–198 |
Statutes at Large | 99 Stat. 1354 |
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Titles amended | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
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Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments |
The Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99–198, also known as the 1985 U.S. Farm Bill), a five-year omnibus farm bill, allowed lower commodity price, income supports, and established a dairy herd buyout program. This 1985 farm bill made changes in a variety of other USDA programs. Several enduring conservation programs were created, including sodbuster, swampbuster, and the Conservation Reserve Program.
Summary
The Food Security Act of 1985 was passed by the United States Congress on December 18, 1985, and signed by the President Ronald Reagan on December 23, 1985.[1]
This was the first farm bill with a specific title devoted to conservation programs and policies.[2] The 1985 Farm Bill included the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in its current form and operation, but most notably it included conservation compliance requirements: to be eligible for commodity subsidies farmers had to comply with provisions known as swampbuster (addressing the draining of wetlands), sodbuster (addressing the plowing of native sod) and requirements conservation planning for any farming on Highly Erodible Land.
Shortly after enactment, the
See also
- Dairy Export Incentive Program
- This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.
References
- ^ Glaser, Lewrene K. (1986). Provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 (PDF). USDA Economic Research Service. p. Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 498. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Coppess, Jonathan. "A Brief History of Farm Conservation Policy". Policy Matters. Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of ACES, University of Illinois. Retrieved 27 January 2022.