What is agricultural policy and why does it exist? -- Economic concepts applied to agricultural and food policy -- Who makes agricultural policy and how is it made? -- A brief history of agricultural policy -- Early 20th century agricultural legislation -- McNary-Haugens and the permanent legislation to the 1950's -- 1960's to 80's, a transition to modern farm bills -- Planting flexibility and direct payments, 1985-1996 -- 21st century agricultural legislation -- International trade, is it the future of U.S. agricultural policy? -- Agricultural act of 2014 -- Current and future agricultural policy.