The 2002 Farm Bill: Provisions and Economic Implications

Edwin Young, Coordinator

Administrative Publication No. (AP-022) 117pp, January 2008

The Farm Security Act of 2002, which governs Federal farm programs for 2002-07, was signed into law on May 13, 2002. This publication presents an overview of the Act and a side-by-side comparison of 1996-2001 farm legislation and the 2002 Act. For selected programs, information is provided to additional analyses of key changes, program overview, and economic implications.

For the most recent farm bill analysis, see Farm Bill Resources: ERS Research and Analysis

Keywords: Farm act, farm bill, agricultural policy, commodity programs, farm income, risk management, conservation programs, environment, trade policy, agricultural trade, nutrition programs, food assistance, rural development, agricultural research

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Title I: Commodity Programs, 153kb.
• Title II: Conservation, 128kb.
• Title III: Trade, 118kb.
• Title IV: Nutrition Programs, 110kb.
• Title V: Credit, 101kb.
• Title VI: Rural Development, 112kb.
• Title VII: Research and Related Matters, 131kb.
• Title VIII: Forestry, 84kb.
• Title IX: Energy, 93kb.
• Title X: Miscellaneous, 114kb.
• Details & analysis, 482kb.
• Background publications, 100kb.
• Farm policy glossary, 147kb.
• Entire document, 1.08MB.

Updated date: January 23, 2008