Agricultural Acts

What does Agricultural Acts mean in American Law?

The definition of Agricultural Acts in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Also once called “Agricultural Adjustment Acts,” these are Federal statutes (found mostly in 7 U.S.C.) designed to control and regulate the prosperity of U.S. farmers, and they involve a variety of price and production control devices, including payments for taking land out of cultivation, direct subsidies, controls on entry into the farming business, etc. The Acts are frequently modified, adjusted, and amended as the circumstances (of both nature and politics) fluctuate.