Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.

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Agricultural Credit Association (ACA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An institution of the Farm Credit System that has direct lending authority to make short-, intermediate- and long-term loans to agricultural producers, rural homeowners and some farm-related ...

Agricultural district

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A planning term which defines an area in which farming is the preferred economic activity. Districts may be voluntarily created by landowners who receive benefits, usually in return for not ...

A system of farming that encourages production of a variety of plants and animals and their products as opposed to monoculture or large-scale specialization. Advocates of diversification argue that ...

Advance deficiency payments

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Initial payments (ranging from 30 to 50% of the total payment) made to crop producers when they signed up for federal commodity programs. If the total deficiency payment was eventually calculated to ...

Advance recourse loans

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Price-support loans made early in a crop year to farmers to enable them to hold their crops for later sale, usually within the marketing year. Farmers must repay the recourse loan with interest and ...

Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiatio

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A 45-member group appointed by the President to provide advice on matters of trade policy and related issues, including trade agreements. The 1974 Trade Act requires the ACTPN's establishment and ...

Affirmative defence

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A legal argument a defendant to a legal preceding can raise which provides a protection or defence for the conduct in question. In actions for the costs of cleaning up groundwater contamination state ...