Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Philtre strip

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An area of vegetation, generally narrow and long, that slows the rate of runoff, allowing sediments, organic matter, and other pollutants that are being conveyed by the water to be removed. philtre ...

Final Act

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Formally called the "Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations", the Final Act is the legal document containing the texts of all provisions agreed upon ...

Precision farming

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Farmers use global positioning (GPS) technology involving satellites and sensors on the ground and intensive information management tools to understand variations in resource conditions within ...

Prairie potholes

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A type of wetland that is at the centre of a shallow depression characteristic of glaciated areas in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota especially). Many potholes are wet during only a portion of the ...

Poverty thresholds

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

For statistical purposes (e.g., counting the poor population), the Census Bureau uses a set of annual income levels — the poverty thresholds — slightly different than the federal poverty ...

Poverty guidelines

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

These are monthly or annual income amounts that are used to help determine eligibility for a number of federal food assistance and other programs. They are derived from the income poverty thresholds ...

Prior appropriations

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The system of water allocation used primarily in the arid western United States, where water is scarce. Under this system, earlier claims have priority over later claims, and claims are associated ...