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.
Food Security Act of 1985
Other short titles
Food for Progress Act of 1985
National Agricultural Policy Commission Act of 1985
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1985
National Aquaculture Improvement Act of 1985
Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985
Watermelon Research and Promotion Act
U.S. Farm Bill of 1985
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.
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 23, 1985
Major amendments
Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments
Summaryedit
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 Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments (P.L. 99-253) gave USDA discretion to require cross-compliance for wheat and feed grains instead of mandating them, changed acreage base calculations, and specified election procedures for local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees. Technical changes and other modifications were enacted by the Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-260), including limiting the non-program crops that could be planted under the 50/92 provision, permitting haying and grazing on diverted wheat and feed grain acreage for a limited period in regions of distress, and increasing deductions taken from the price of milk received by producers to fund the dairy termination program (also called the whole herd buy-out) program. Again in 1986, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-509) made changes in the 1985 Act requiring advance deficiency payments to be made to producers of 1987 wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice crops at a minimum of 40% for wheat and feed grains and 30% for rice and upland cotton. The 1985 Act also amended the Farm Credit Act of 1971. Further commodity program changes were made in the FY1987 agricultural appropriations bill (P.L. 99-591). In addition to its funding provisions, P.L. 99-591 set the annual payment limitation at $50,000 per person for deficiency and paid land diversion payments, and included honey, resource adjustment (excluding land diversion), disaster, and Findley payments under a $250,000 aggregate payment limitation. Once again, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100–203) not only set the 1988 fiscal year budget for agriculture and all federal agencies, but also set target prices for 1988 and 1989 program crops, established loan rates for program and non-program crops, and required a voluntary paid land diversion for feed grains. P.L. 100-203 further defined who could receive farm program payments by defining a "person" in terms of payment limitations.
^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.
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For Indian legislation see National Food Security Act 2013 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 Food Security Act of 1985Other short titlesFood for Progress Act of 1985National Agricultural Policy Commission Act of 1985National Agricultural Research Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1985National Aquaculture Improvement Act of 1985Pork Promotion Research and Consumer Information Act of 1985Watermelon Research and Promotion ActU S Farm Bill of 1985Long titleAn 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 BPRANicknamesBeef Promotion and Research Act of 1985Enacted bythe 99th United States CongressEffectiveDecember 23 1985CitationsPublic law99 198Statutes at Large99 Stat 1354CodificationTitles amended7 U S C AgricultureU S C sections amended7 U S C ch 35 1281 et seq 7 U S C ch 35A subch I 1421 et seq 7 U S C ch 35A subch III 1446 et seq 7 U S C ch 26 subch III 608c7 U S C ch 62 2901 et seq Legislative historyIntroduced in the HouseSigned into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 23 1985Major amendmentsTechnical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 AmendmentsSummary editThe 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 Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments P L 99 253 gave USDA discretion to require cross compliance for wheat and feed grains instead of mandating them changed acreage base calculations and specified election procedures for local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees Technical changes and other modifications were enacted by the Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 P L 99 260 including limiting the non program crops that could be planted under the 50 92 provision permitting haying and grazing on diverted wheat and feed grain acreage for a limited period in regions of distress and increasing deductions taken from the price of milk received by producers to fund the dairy termination program also called the whole herd buy out program Again in 1986 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 P L 99 509 made changes in the 1985 Act requiring advance deficiency payments to be made to producers of 1987 wheat feed grains upland cotton and rice crops at a minimum of 40 for wheat and feed grains and 30 for rice and upland cotton The 1985 Act also amended the Farm Credit Act of 1971 Further commodity program changes were made in the FY1987 agricultural appropriations bill P L 99 591 In addition to its funding provisions P L 99 591 set the annual payment limitation at 50 000 per person for deficiency and paid land diversion payments and included honey resource adjustment excluding land diversion disaster and Findley payments under a 250 000 aggregate payment limitation Once again the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 P L 100 203 not only set the 1988 fiscal year budget for agriculture and all federal agencies but also set target prices for 1988 and 1989 program crops established loan rates for program and non program crops and required a voluntary paid land diversion for feed grains P L 100 203 further defined who could receive farm program payments by defining a person in terms of payment limitations See also editDairy Export Incentive Program nbsp 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 edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Food Security Act of 1985 amp oldid 1198421341, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
