What law was enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a portion of their land unplanted?

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), enacted in 1933, was designed to combat the economic difficulties faced by farmers during the Great Depression. By providing financial incentives to farmers to leave a portion of their land unplanted, the AAA aimed to reduce crop surpluses that had driven prices down. This reduction in supply was intended to stabilize and eventually increase crop prices, benefiting farmers and the agricultural economy as a whole.

The AAA was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, which sought to provide relief to those affected by the economic crisis. Through this act, the government paid farmers to not plant certain crops, thereby controlling the production levels and allowing prices to rise.

Other options refer to different aspects of the New Deal and agricultural policies but do not represent the specific law that focused on crop prices through incentivizing farmers to reduce their planted acreage. The Farm Adjustment Act is often confused with the Agricultural Adjustment Act, but it was not the legislation that implemented these price-increasing measures. The National Recovery Administration primarily dealt with industrial recovery and labor rights, while the Farm Security Administration aimed to combat rural poverty and aid farmers but did not directly focus on crop price stabilization in the way the AAA did.