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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A county of group of contiguous counties that contain at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more, or twin cities with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition, contiguous counties ...
Merchant Marine Act of 1920
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
P.L. 66-261, also known as the Jones Act, provides for the promotion and maintenance of a U.S. merchant marine. Provisions dealing with cabotage (i.e., coastal shipping) require that all goods ...
Methane
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A gas created by anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds. Natural gas is composed mostly of methane. Methane is a so-called greenhouse gas (see greenhouse effect). Agricultural wastes, specially ...
Medfly
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A shortened name for the Mediterranean fruit fly, a destructive pest of fruits and vegetables that is found throughout most of Central America. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is ...
McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
P.L. 87-788 (October 10, 1962) makes funding available to the state agricultural experiment stations and to forestry schools and programmes at the land grant colleges of agriculture for forestry ...
Maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Loosely, the highest dose of a chemical that when administered to a group of test animals does not increase the death rate during a long-term study. The purpose of administering MTD is to determine ...
Maximum contaminant levels (MCL's)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
From the Safe Drinking Water Act, the term means the specific limitations on the amount of a contaminant in a public water system. For each contaminant, the EPA sets "maximum contaminant levels ...
