The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops.

The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the AAA in January 1936, a slightly modified version of the law was passed in 1938.

Why did critics dislike the Agricultural Adjustment Act? They believed the free market should be the only factor in farm prices. Why were radio comedies so popular during the 1930s? Comedies offered a chance for people to forget their worries.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on May 12, 1933 [1]. Among the law’s goals were limiting crop production, reducing stock numbers, and refinancing mortgages with terms more favorable to struggling farmers [2].

how did the agricultural adjustment act help farmers? it sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices. Provided financial aid, paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill of excess livestock.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), in U.S. history, major New Deal program to restore agricultural prosperity during the Great Depression by curtailing farm production, reducing export surpluses, and raising prices.

The AAA did not end the Depression and drought, but the legislation remained the basis for all farm programs in the following 70 years of the 20th Century.

The U.S. farm program pays subsidies to farmers not to grow crops in environmentally sensitive areas and makes payments to farmers based on what they have grown historically, even though they may no longer grow that crop.

(noun) A 1938 New Deal law that authorized crop loans, crop insurance against natural disasters, and large subsidies to farmers who cut back production.

It approved large government loans to wealthy farm owners, but. It provided financial relief to wealthy farm owners, but harmed. poor farm laborers by reducing the demand for their work.

Negative Effects Most farmers did as the administration ordered in order to receive their payment because they couldn’t afford not to take the government payments. Many farmers had already planted their crops by the time the administration was put into effect. Farmers decided to get rid of their crops.

How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act affect poor sharecroppers? It led to their eviction, since prosperous landowners used subsidies to buy more efficient machinery.

To help the nation’s farmers, Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Under this act, the government’s Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) would pay farmers not to raise certain livestock, grow certain crops, and produce dairy products.

What was a shortcoming of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)? -It curtailed the agricultural out put and affected exports. -it brought in mechanization, increasing debt of farmers. -it did little for farmers with large land holdings. -it did little for sharecroppers and tenant farmers.

Part of the New Deal, the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act placed restrictions on farm production and paid government subsidies to growers of staple crops. Money for the payments was raised by a processing tax on middlemen. This popular New Deal program eventually employed over 300,000 people. …

The New Deal tried to stabilize agriculture by implementing the AAA. The AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) paid farmers not to make more of their crops. By stopping the farmers from farming, it helped to increase the price of goods, as there would no longer be a surplus once citizens kept buying the goods.

The programs focused on what historians refer to as the “3 R’s”: relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.

-Goal was to reduce amount of crops causing crop price to rise, through paying farmers to not grow crops. -make fast jobs for people, it was successful because while it was in progress it gave jobs and pay to many unemployed people. Provided money to states to build roads and schools.

Terms in this set (20)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) 1933.
• Civil Works Administration (CWA) 1933.
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
• National Recovery Administration (NRA)
• National Youth Administration (NYA)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)