The law removed the link between income support payments and farm prices.
"But Dad was a casualty of high interest rates and low farm prices," he said.
This second recession led to further deterioration of farm prices.
Phase out all farm price supports over the next four years.
It involved such things as tax reduction, easier access to credit, and a floor under farm prices.
Since farm prices are low this year, they agreed that it was a good deal.
Lower farm prices are helping to keep food inflation in check.
The farm price of syrup dropped to $21.80 a gallon from $23.50, the service said recently.
Has the Commission considered what effect this massive increase in supply might have on farm prices?
Indeed, a German official vowed that his country would never agree to a cut in farm prices.