Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

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The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, known informally as the Freedom to Farm Act or the 1996 U.S. Farm Bill, is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.

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• Public Law 104-127
• Summary of the Act's provisions, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Information about the Act from Cornell University