The Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

The Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was an adjustment to farm subsidy policies. Ultimately, the aim of this law was to increase farmers income, as demand was decreasing and a voluntary holt in production on the part of the farmers would likely result in them not making enough to survive. The Second Agriculture Adjustment Act subsided farmers to reduce acreage and production of "staple items"  including bu not limited to pigs, cotton, tobacco, milk, rice and wheat. This list changed over time reflecting the needs of the country.
The most urgent holt in production was cotton. Eventually, the farmers were essentially paid to destroy the cotton surplus in order to save the country money when the cotton surplus began to exceed the international consumption of American cotton, not including the 400,000 other acres of cotton which were planted and had not been harvested. Although it wasn't bad to burn the cotton, it was absolutely unthinkable to burn food when Americans were starving. Thus, only piglets were slaughtered and fed to the hungry but no other food was destroyed.

Ultimately the goal of The Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was met. Farm income in the United States rose by a combined value greater than $10 million between 1932-35 all while reducing overproduction. Because of this The Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was very popular with farmers.

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