Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
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Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-113) (September 9, 1977) was an omnibus
farm bill. It increased price and income supports and established a farmer-owned reserve for grain. It also established a new two-tiered pricing program for peanuts. Under the peanut program, producers were given an acreage allotment on which a poundage quota
was set. Growers could produce in excess of their quota, within their acreage allotment
, but would receive the higher of the two price-support levels only for the quota amount. Peanuts in excess of the quota are referred to as “additionals”, or additional peanuts
.
Title XIII was designated the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and permanently amended the Food Stamp Act of 1964
by eliminating the purchase requirement and simplifying eligibility requirements.
Title XIV was designated the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act and made USDA the leading federal agency for agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs. It also consolidated the funding for these programs.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-113) (September 9, 1977) was an omnibus
Omnibus bill
An omnibus bill is a proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics. Omnibus is derived from Latin and means "for everything"...
farm bill. It increased price and income supports and established a farmer-owned reserve for grain. It also established a new two-tiered pricing program for peanuts. Under the peanut program, producers were given an acreage allotment on which a poundage quota
Poundage quota
A poundage quota, also called a marketing quota, is a quantitative limit on the amount of a commodity that can be marketed under the provisions of a permanent law...
was set. Growers could produce in excess of their quota, within their acreage allotment
Acreage allotment
Under provisions of permanent commodity price support law, a farm’s acreage allotment is its share, based on its previous production, of the national acreage needed to produce sufficient supplies of a particular crop. Under the 2002 farm bill , acreage allotments are not applicable to the covered...
, but would receive the higher of the two price-support levels only for the quota amount. Peanuts in excess of the quota are referred to as “additionals”, or additional peanuts
Additional peanuts
In United States agricultural policy, additional peanuts refers to peanuts sold from a farm in any marketing year in excess of the amount of quota peanuts sold from that farm. Additional peanuts must be exported or crushed into oil and meal...
.
Title XIII was designated the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and permanently amended the Food Stamp Act of 1964
Food Stamp Act of 1964
The Food Stamp Act of 1964 provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot basis in 1962. It was later replaced and completely rewritten and revised by the food stamp provisions of the Food and Agricultural Act of 1977 The...
by eliminating the purchase requirement and simplifying eligibility requirements.
Title XIV was designated the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act and made USDA the leading federal agency for agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs. It also consolidated the funding for these programs.