Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) was a U.S. government program established in 1933 to help stabilize farmers' income during the Great Depression. It achieved this by paying farmers to reduce crop production, which helped raise crop prices and decrease surpluses. The goal was to balance supply and demand, making farming more profitable. The AAA also promoted agricultural conservation and aimed to prevent overproduction that led to falling prices. While impactful, some of its practices, like paying farmers to destroy crops, were controversial, and parts of the program were later declared unconstitutional.