Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1938 (7 USC Ch. 35) Country/Territory United States of America Document type Legislation Date 1938 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Sustainable development Agricultural commodities Internal trade International trade Transport/storage Allocation/quota Subsidy/incentive Farming Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Textile plants/fibres Cereals/grains/rice Crops/grasses Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Act provides for agricultural adjustment. It declares to be the policy of Congress to continue the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended [16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.], for the purpose of conserving national resources, preventing the wasteful use of soil fertility, and of preserving, maintaining, and rebuilding the farm and ranch land resources in the national public interest; to accomplish these purposes through the encouragement of soil-building and soil-conserving crops and practices; to assist in the marketing of agricultural commodities for domestic consumption and for export; and to regulate interstate and foreign commerce in cotton, wheat, corn, and rice to the extent necessary to provide an orderly, adequate, and balanced flow of such commodities in interstate and foreign commerce through storage of reserve supplies, loans, marketing quotas, assisting farmers to obtain insofar as practicable, parity prices for such commodities and parity of income, and assisting consumers to obtain an adequate and steady supply of such commodities at fair prices. The Act also provides for adjustment in freight rates, new uses and markets, and disposition of surpluses; loans, parity payments, consumer safeguards, marketing quotas, and marketing certificates; and marketing quotas. Full text English Website uscode.house.gov