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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Agricultural programs & laws
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
P.L. 100-418 (August 23, 1988) provided the President with negotiating authority for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round, U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and the North ...
Off-farm income
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
That portion of farm household income obtained off the farm, including nonfarm wages and salaries, pensions, and interest income earned by farm families. On average for all farms in the United ...
Offer versus serve
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Refers to the option children may have to refuse one or more items offered as part of a federally subsidised school lunch or breakfast without losing eligibility for federal reimbursement.
Offal
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The less valuable byproduct material from the preparation of a specific product; primarily refers to the byproducts of meat and poultry plants, e.g., blood, bone, feathers, fat.
Ocean ranching
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A type of aquaculture, used mainly by the salmon industry, which cultures juvenile fish, releases them to mature in the open ocean, and catches them when they return as adults to spawn.
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
P.L. 105-277 (October 21, 1998), among its numerous provisions that include the regular annual appropriations for most USDA programs, provided $5.9 billion in emergency spending for USDA programmes ...
Interagency Working Group on Food Security (IWG)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A policy-level working group chaired at the subcabinet level. It was established in 1996 to guide U.S. Government preparations for the World Food Summit. Its mission was extended after the Summit to ...
