Editing Mohair (section)

==US subsidies for mohair production==

During World War II US soldiers wore uniforms made of wool. Worried that domestic producers could not supply enough for future wars, Congress enacted loan and price support programs for wool and mohair in the [[National Wool Act of 1954]] as part of the [[1954 Farm Bill]].<ref name="usda">{{cite web|url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateN&navID=MohairCouncilofAmericaAgreement&rightNav1=MohairCouncilofAmericaAgreement&topNav=&leftNav=IndustryMarketingandPromotion&page=LambMohairCouncilofAmericaAgreement&resultType= |title=USDA Mohair Council of America Agreement |publisher=Ams.usda.gov |access-date=2012-09-09}}</ref> Despite these subsidies, wool and mohair production declined. The strategic importance declined as well; the US military adopted uniforms made of synthetic fibers, such as [[dacron]], and officially removed wool from the list of [[strategic material]]s in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/reports/ag01.html |title=Department of Agriculture |publisher=Govinfo.library.unt.edu |access-date=2012-09-09}}</ref> Nevertheless, the U.S. government continued to provide subsidies to mohair producers until 1995, when the subsidies were "eliminated effective with the marketing year ending December 31, 1995".<ref name="usda" /> In ''[[The Future of Freedom|The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad]]'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4Trw_i-xE0C&q=history+of+mohair+subsidies&pg=PA174 |title=Illiberal Democracy on google.books |isbn=978-0-393-04764-6 |access-date=2012-09-09|last1=Zakaria |first1=Fareed |year=2003 }}</ref> [[Fareed Zakaria]] points out that the subsidies were reinstated a few years later, due in large part to the lobbying on behalf of the special interests of the subsidy recipients. By 2000, Congress had appropriated US$20&nbsp;million for goat and sheep producers.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|author=GAIL COLLINSPublished: 13 March 2001 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E6DF113AF930A25750C0A9679C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=NY Times: Public Interests; The Comeback Goats |work=New York Times |date=13 March 2001 |access-date=2012-09-09}}</ref> As of 2002, mohair producers were still able to receive special assistance loans from the U.S. government, after an amendment to eliminate the subsidy was defeated.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rep. Henry Bonilla [R-TX23] |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h107-2330&tab=amendments |title=H.R. 2330 [107th&#93; – Amendments: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 |publisher=GovTrack.us |access-date=2012-09-09}}</ref>  The U.S. currently subsidizes mohair production under the [[Marketing Assistance Loan Program]] of the [[Agricultural Act of 2014|2014 Farm Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/soybeans-oil-crops/policy/|author=United States Department of Agriculture|title=Title I—Crop Commodity Programs|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>