History There were several events that led up to The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. During the early 19th century there were more people living on farms, these farm in size were very small. But because there seemed to be a maximum amount of farmers there was the problem of over producing of crops which led to the government attempting to find ways to solve this problem. Then around 1920 things began to change, technology was discovered and was being used in the machinery this in turn began to solve many problems facing the farmer who could afford the equipment for growing and harvesting crops. Another problem loomed in the background which was since machinery began to take the place of farm laborers …show more content…
Then the Great Depression came into play this led to more unemployment and no income. Farmers seemed to constantly have problems soon after the Depression a drought added more to the troubling economy for both farmers and consumers. Congress had to make a decision on how to help support farmers through these hard times. The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 began to make small changes such as limiting the amount of acres for soil depleting crops. Then the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 this allowed the government to set minimum price amount sold of good at the market. This changed the course on farm subsidies which allowed the government to make some question decision that would affect how farmers and consumers making decision on to purchase food for their families. Why I don’t support the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 According to ( W. EcEachern, 2014) this act was needed to prevent competition between farmers. Presently only 1 in 50 American resides on farms. The problem is that this act still exist. Let’s look at the cost of this to taxpayers according to statistics the number is staggering in 2012 it was 16 billion. Because the government decides to sell some produce overseas, this interferes with the farmers overseas