American Agriculture 1

• The farming in america has been quite successful at producing food.
• By the late 1990s, farm economy in the U.S. continued its own cycle.
• North America has experienced some floods and droughts

American Agriculture 2 Early Farm policy

• Most farm workers were slaves.
• America's economic development was powered by agriculture.
• The first political group for farmers was called, the Grange, and it was formed in 1867.
• In 1860, farmers products made up to 82 percent of the countries exports.

American Agriculture 2-3 Farm Policy of the 20th Century

• As demand for goods increased and land values rose farm prices became high.
• Farmers called again for help from the government.
• To extend electric powerlines into the countryside congress created the Rural Electrification Administartion.

American Agriculture 4 In the 1980s and 1990s

• In 1999, Subsidies of $22,500 million actually set a new record.

American Agriculture 5 Farm Policies and World Trade

• Governments began working to reduce subsidies and allow free trade for farm goods by the mid 1980s.
• In the late 1990s efforts to move toward free world agricultural trade faced an addtional obstical because exsports slumped.