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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Water Quality Initiative
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A multi-agency effort, initiated by USDA in 1990, to determine relationships between agricultural activities and water quality, and develop and implement strategies that protect surface and ...
Water Quality Incentives programme
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This programme was authorised in the FACT Act of 1990 and is administered by the Farm Service Agency. It was repealed and replaced by the Environmental Quality Incentives programme in the FAIR Act of ...
Water Quality Act of 1987
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The Amendments to the Clean Water Act passed by Congress in 1987 which added the §319 nonpoint source pollution program.
Warehouse receipt
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A document certifying possession of a commodity in a licenced warehouse. Some warehouse receipts are recognised for delivery purposes by a commodity futures exchange.
Vomitoxin
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Deoxynivalenol (DON), also referred to as vomitoxin, is a naturally occurring mycotoxin produced by several species of Fusarium fungi. Wet and cool weather from flowering time to maturity promotes ...
Voluntary export restraint arrangement (VER)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An arrangement, usually a negotiated bilateral agreement, between countries in which suppliers or their government in an exporting country agree to limit to predetermined levels their exports of a ...
Virginia peanuts
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This type of peanut has the largest kernel and is commonly sold in-the-shell. The pods are large, plump, and contain two kernels. This type of peanuts are most familiar to consumers and are ...
