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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Waterfowl production areas
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A small component of the National Wildlife Refuge System. There are over 2,000,000 acres of this prime duck-producing land, mostly prairie potholes in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Montana. The Fish ...
Water table
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The upper limit of the part of the soil or underlying rock material that is wholly saturated with water.
Water service contract
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A type of contract, authorised by the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, whereby water is furnished for irrigation or municipal or miscellaneous purposes at rates to produce revenue sufficient to cover ...
Wetlands Reserve programme (WRP)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A programme authorised by FACT Act of 1990 to provide long-term protection for wetlands. Producers enrolling in the programme must agree to implement an approved wetlands restoration and protection ...
Wet-milling
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A process in which feed material is steeped in water, with or without sulphur dioxide, to soften the seed kernel in order to help separate the kernel's various components. For example, wet-milling ...
Wetlands
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Areas of predominantly hydric soils that can support a prevalence of water-loving plants, know as hydrophitic vegetation. Transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems are wetlands typified by ...
Water quality standards
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
State-adopted and the Environmental Protection Agency-approved ambient standards for water bodies. The standards prescribe the use of the water body and establish the water quality criteria that must ...
