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Long title | An Act to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to continue food assistance to low-income persons, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | FSA, BPRA |
Nicknames | Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 |
Enacted by | the 99th United States Congress |
Effective | December 23, 1985 |
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Public law | 99–198 |
Statutes at Large | 99 Stat. 1354 |
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Titles amended | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
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Technical Corrections to Food Security Act of 1985 Amendments |
The Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99–198, also known as the 1985 U.S. Farm Bill), a five-year omnibus farm bill, allowed lower commodity price, income supports, and established a dairy herd buyout program. This 1985 farm bill made changes in a variety of other USDA programs. Several enduring conservation programs were created, including sodbuster, swampbuster, and the Conservation Reserve Program.