TheFederal Farm Board was established by theAgricultural Marketing Act of 1929 from theFederal Farm Loan Board established by theFederal Farm Loan Act of 1916, with a revolving fund of half a billion dollars^[1] to stabilize prices and to promote the sale of agricultural products. The board would help farmers stabilize prices by buying and holding surplus grain and cotton in storage. The Farm Board was part ofHerbert Hoover's response to the downward spiral of crop prices in the years leading up to theGreat Depression.

Executive Order 6084 of the 26th of March, 1933, effective the 27th of May, 1933, changed its name to theFarm Credit Administration, abolished the functions vested in Federal Farm Board by section 9 of Agricultural Marketing Act, abolished the functions ofSecretary of Agriculture andSecretary of Treasury as members of Board, and abolished the offices of appointed members of Federal Farm Board, except that of Chairman, which title was changed to Governor of Farm Credit Administration.

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