Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Public elevators

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Grain elevators in which bulk storage of grain is provided for the public for a fee. Grain of the same grade but owned by different persons is usually mixed or commingled as opposed to storing it ...

As defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, public lands are any land and interest in land outside of Alaska owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior ...

Promotion programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Any programme by an approved commodity promotion board or marketing order, including paid advertising, to present a favourable image of an agricultural commodity to the public to stimulate sales and ...

Projected yield

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The number of bushels (or pounds or hundredweight) per acre that, based on current weather estimates and other factors, USDA analysts estimate farmers will harvest.

Programme yield

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The farm commodity yield of record, determined, in general, by averaging the yield of a particular commodity for the past 5 years, dropping the high and low years. This yield was used in calculating ...

Programme crops

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Crops eligible for deficiency payments under commodity programme provisions that ended in 1995. These were wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice. These same crops are now called contract commodities ...

Pseudorabies

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A disease of swine that can cause severe economic losses due to reproductive problems and fatal infection of other domestic livestock. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service began a ...