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title: "Agricultural Adjustment Act — Definition & Meaning"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was a New Deal statute that raised farm prices by paying farmers federal subsidies to reduce crop acreage and livestock production.
- Which Supreme Court case struck down the first Agricultural Adjustment Act, and on what grounds?
- How did the AAA aim to raise farm prices?
- What was the significance of Wickard v. Filburn (1942) for farm policy?
- How did Congress revive farm support after Butler?

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was a New Deal statute that raised farm prices by paying farmers federal subsidies to reduce crop acreage and livestock production.

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In 1933 the Agricultural Adjustment Administration under Henry A. Wallace ordered the slaughter of roughly six million young pigs and the plow-up of ten million acres of cotton to raise prices toward parity.

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