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After 1945, the conservative American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) outstripped the very liberal National Farmers' Union (NFU) and the middle-of-the-road Grange, both of which went into a sharp decline.<ref>Theodore Saloutos, "Agricultural Organizations and Farm Policy in the South after World War II," ''Agricultural History'', Vol. 53, No. 1, (Jan., 1979), pp. 377-404 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3742883 in JSTOR]</ref>
After 1945, the conservative American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) outstripped the very liberal National Farmers' Union (NFU) and the middle-of-the-road Grange, both of which went into a sharp decline.<ref>Theodore Saloutos, "Agricultural Organizations and Farm Policy in the South after World War II," ''Agricultural History'', Vol. 53, No. 1, (Jan., 1979), pp. 377-404 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3742883 in JSTOR]</ref>
When [[Harry Truman]]'s Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan in 1949 proposed a plan of direct assistance to small farmers, he justified it by reasserting the importance of the small family farmer as the foundation of American democracy. However in the Grange small farmers opposed the plan because it too closely resembled welfare and would undermine their self image as independent [[yeomen]] and successful entrepreneurs. Brannan sought to protect the small farmer against competition from the large companies, but the plan was not accepted by Congress because farmers self-image would not allow for welfare.<ref>Karen J. Bradley, "Agrarian Ideology and Agricultural Policy: California Grangers and the Post-World War II Farm Policy Debate," ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(2): 240-256, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744267 in JSTOR]</ref>
When [[Harry Truman]]'s Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan in 1949 proposed a plan of direct assistance to small farmers, he justified it by reasserting the importance of the small family farmer as the foundation of American democracy. However, in the Grange small farmers opposed the plan because it too closely resembled welfare and would undermine their self-image as independent [[yeomen]] and successful entrepreneurs. Brannan sought to protect the small farmer against competition from the large companies, but the plan was not accepted by Congress because farmers self-image would not allow for welfare.<ref>Karen J. Bradley, "Agrarian Ideology and Agricultural Policy: California Grangers and the Post-World War II Farm Policy Debate," ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(2): 240-256, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744267 in JSTOR]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Farm Bureau]]
* [[Farm Bureau]]