The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act both included significant tax provisions, but neither changed the basic structure of the federal revenue system. Indeed ...

That original bill, known as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, was passed in 1933 during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. Its purpose was to establish a baseline of policies to support farm ...

Little more than seven months later, in a 6 to 3 ruling, it annihilated his farm program by determining that the Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional.

This radically changed during the Great Depression after the original Farm Bill – the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 – led to a steady expansion of the USDA's role.