The 2002 Farm Bill: Provisions and Economic Implications
by Edwin Young
Administrative Publication No. (AP-022) 117 pp, 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.
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 publication...
- Title I: Commodity Programs,
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- Title II: Conservation,
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- Title III: Trade,
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- Title IV: Nutrition Programs,
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- Title V: Credit,
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- Title VI: Rural Development,
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- Title VII: Research and Related Matters,
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- Title VIII: Forestry,
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- Title IX: Energy,
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- Title X: Miscellaneous,
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- Details & analysis,
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- Background publications,
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- Farm policy glossary,
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- Entire report,
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