Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Preferential trade agreements

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Agreements among a group of countries to extend special trading advantages, usually tariff rates that are lower than most-favored nation rates. The U.S.'s Caribbean Basin Initiative and the EU's Lome ...

Marrakesh decision

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

At the conclusion of the Uruguay Round in Marrakesh, Morocco, participating ministers recognised the LIFDCs may experience a lack of adequate supplies of basic food stuffs at reasonable terms and ...

Marketing quotas

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Authorised by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, these quotas (sometimes called poundage quotas) limit marketings of certain commodities. The marketing quota, which must be approved by at least ...

Marketing orders and agreements

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Orders and agreements (authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended) allow producers to promote orderly marketing through collectively influencing the supply, demand, or ...

Marketing year

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The 12-month period, generally from the beginning of a new harvest, over which a crop is marketed. For example, for wool, mohair, and Hawaiian sugarcane, the marketing year is January 1-December 31; ...

Marketing spread

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The difference between the retail price of a product and the farm value of the ingredients in the product. This farm-retail spread includes charges for assembling, storing, processing, transporting, ...

Marketing quota

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Under certain agricultural programs; that quantity of a commodity that will provide adequate and normal market supplies. When marketing quotas are in effect (only after approval by two-thirds or more ...