Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Commodity Supplemental Food programme (CSFP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The CSFP provides funding for monthly food packages consisting of USDA commodities (juice, egg mix, and canned fruits and vegetables), and administrative funding for local agencies serving low-income ...

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The set of legislation and practises jointly adopted by the nations of the European Union (EU) in order to provide a common, unified policy framework for agriculture. Its stated purposes are to ...

Common external tariff (CXT)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A tariff rate applied by a regional grouping of countries as a unit. For example, the European Community allows free trade in most agricultural commodities among member countries, but applies common ...

Complimentary imports

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural import items not produced in appreciable commercial volume in the United States, such as bananas, coffee, rubber, cocoa, tea, spices and cordage fiber.

Composting

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The controlled biological decomposition of organic material, such as sewage sludge, animal manures, or crop residues, in the presence of air to form a humus-like material. Controlled methods of ...

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also known as Superfund (42 U.S.C. §§9601 to 9675), is the federal law which authorised EPA to require the cleanup of sites contaminated by past disposal of hazardous waste.

Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Generally, a facility where large numbers of farm animals are confined, fed, and raised, such as dairy and beef cattle feedlots, hog production facilities, and closed poultry houses. The ...