Brannan Plan

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The Brannan Plan was a post–World War II U.S. agricultural policy proposal that sought to support farmers’ incomes through direct government payments instead of traditional price supports.

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instanceOf United States federal policy proposal ⓘ
agricultural policy proposal ⓘ
aimedAt family farms ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
appliesTo agricultural producers ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedTo decouple farm income from market prices ⓘ
protect consumer food prices while aiding farmers ⓘ
field agricultural economics ⓘ
agricultural policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
hasAspect government subsidies ⓘ
income stabilization ⓘ
price stabilization ⓘ
hasEffect influenced later farm income support debates ⓘ
legislativeOutcome not fully enacted ⓘ
mainGoal replace traditional price supports ⓘ
support farmers’ incomes ⓘ
namedAfter Charles F. Brannan ⓘ
opposedBy conservative legislators ⓘ
some farm organizations ⓘ
partOf postwar U.S. farm policy reform efforts ⓘ
policyMechanism direct government payments to farmers ⓘ
income support instead of price support ⓘ
positionHeldByProposer United States Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
proposedBy Charles F. Brannan ⓘ
proposedByOrganization United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
proposedIn Harry S. Truman administration ⓘ
replaces price support programs ⓘ
startTime late 1940s ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
topic agricultural subsidies ⓘ
farm income support ⓘ
price supports ⓘ

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Charles F. Brannan → notableIdea → Brannan Plan ⓘ
Charles F. Brannan → proposed → Brannan Plan ⓘ