Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Purchase of development rights (PDR)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The acquisition of property development rights through voluntary sale by the landowner to a government agency or land trust. The government agency or land trust acquiring development rights typically ...

Puerto Rico Block Grant

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Annual funding to provide food assistance to needy persons in Puerto Rico in lieu of the Food Stamp Program.

Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (PRIA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

P.L. 95-514 (October 25, 1978) defines the current grazing fee formula and establishes rangeland monitoring and inventory procedures for Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service rangelands. The ...

Normal flex acreage

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A provision of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 requiring a mandatory 15% reduction in payment acreage. Under this provision, producers were ineligible to receive deficiency payments on ...

Normal crop acreage

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The acreage on a farm normally devoted to a group of designated crops. When a set-aside programme is in effect, a participating farm's total planted acreage of such designated crops plus set-aside ...

Nontariff trade barriers

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Any restriction, charge, or policy other than a tariff, that limits access of imported goods. Examples of nontariff barriers include quantitative restrictions, mainly import quotas and embargoes; ...

Non-road emissions

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Pollutants emitted by non-road engines and non-road vehicles, e.g., farm and construction equipment, gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment, and power boats and outboard motors. The Clean Air ...