what was the aaa purpose
AAA, Agricultural Adjustment Act Within days of his inauguration in 1933, President Roosevelt called Congress into special session and introduced a record 15 major pieces of legislation. One of the first to be introduced and enacted was the AAA, the Agricultural Adjustment Act. For the first time, Congress declared that is was the policy of Congress to balance supply and demand for farm commodities so that prices would support a decent purchasing power for farmers. This concept, outlined in the AAA, was known as parity. AAA controlled the supply of seven basic crops â corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk â by offering payments to farmers in return for taking some of their land out of farming, not planting a crop.