Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Countertrade

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A trade transaction of goods and services without the exchange of money. Forms of countertrade include barter, buy-back or compensation, counter-purchase, offset requirements, swap, or triangular ...

Countervailing duty

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A charge levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the exporting country. Section 303 of the ...

Country schedules

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The official schedules of subsidy commitments and tariff bindings as agreed to under GATT for members countries.

Under Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, most products entering the United States must be clearly marked so that the "ultimate purchaser" can identify the country of origin. Imported ...

Cow-calf operator

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A ranch or farm where cows are raised and bred mainly to produce calves usually destined for the beef market. The cows produce a calf crop each year, and the operation keeps some heifer calves from ...

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A sporadic and rare, but fatal human disease that usually strikes people over 65. It occurs worldwide at an estimated annual rate of one case per million population. About 10-15% of CJD cases are ...

Critical control point

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An operation (practice, procedure, process, or location) at or by which preventive or control measures can be exercised that will eliminate, prevent, or minimise one or more hazards. Critical control ...