Mandatory Spending
Function 350 - Agriculture
Eliminate Title I Agriculture Programs
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| Billions of Dollars | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2023– 2027 |
2023– 2032 |
| Change in Outlays | 0 | -1.4 | -1.2 | -6.0 | -7.7 | -8.4 | -7.5 | -6.0 | -5.5 | -5.6 | -16.4 | -49.3 |
This option would take effect in October 2023.
Lawmakers enact, and often modify, a variety of programs that support commodity prices, farm income, and agricultural producers' liquidity. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, known as the 2018 farm bill, was the most recent comprehensive legislation addressing farm income and price support programs. Title I of that bill authorized specialized programs for dairy and sugar and programs for producers of other major commodities.
Under this option, Title I programs would not be renewed for the 2024 crop year, when authorizations under the 2018 farm bill expire. (A crop year begins in the month that the crop is harvested and ends 12 months later.) In addition, the permanent agriculture legislation enacted in 1938 and 1949 that provides income and price support (which is normally suspended for the duration of each farm bill) would be suspended or repealed, and permanent authorizations for the following disaster assistance programs would be repealed: the Economic Adjustment Assistance for Textile Mills program, the Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance program, and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance program.