Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
- Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, known informally as the Freedom to Farm Act or the 1996 U.S. Farm Bill, is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.
See also
* Conservation Reserve Program
External links
* [http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/offices/legis/96frmbil.html Public Law 104-127]
* [http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib729/aib729a.pdf Summary of the Act's provisions, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture]
* [http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/general/aib/aib726/AIB726a.pdf#search='agricultural%20act' Information about the Act from Cornell University]
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