Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Action levels

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

As opposed to tolerances (which are established for pesticide residues occurring as a direct result of proper usage), action levels are set for inadvertent residues resulting from previous legal use ...

Acre-foot

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The volume of water that would cover one acre of land (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot, equivalent to 325,851 gallons of water. an acre-foot is the basic measure of agricultural water use. ...

Acreage reduction programme (ARP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A no longer authorised annual cropland retirement programme for wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in which farmers participating in the commodity programmes (in order to be eligible for nonrecourse ...

Acreage limitation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

With respect to commodity policy, acreage limitation might refer to planting constraints under an acreage reduction program, set-aside, or paid land diversion. In relation to water policy, it is the ...

Acreage diversion programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Historically, commodity programmes included provisions to reduce commodity supplies by diverting acreage to non-crop uses. Examples include paid diversion, unpaid diversion, set-aside, and acreage ...

Acreage conservation reserve

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The cropland acreage diverted from production under the acreage reduction program.

Acute toxicity

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The ability of a substance to cause harmful effects soon after a single exposure or dose. Also, any sever poisonous effect resulting from a singe short-tem exposure to a toxic substance.