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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
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extensi
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The USDA agency that administers federal funds appropriated for agricultural and forestry research, extension, and education programmes at eligible institutions, including the land grant colleges of ...
Cooperator programme
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Officially known as the Foreign Market Development programme (FMDP). One of the agricultural export promotion programmes operated by the Foreign Agricultural Service. This programme consists of joint ...
Contract
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Written or oral agreement spelling out the parties' understanding of how a commodity is to be produced and/or marketed, including specifications for quantity, quality, and price. Marketing contracts ...
Contract acreage
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Enrolled 1996 commodity base acreage under the FAIR Act of 1996 for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice (generally fixed for 1996 through 2002). A farmer may voluntarily choose to reduce ...
Contract commodity
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The commodities previously eligible for deficiency payments and now eligible for production flexibility contracts under the FAIR Act of 1996: wheat, corn, sorghum, barley, oats, rice, and upland ...
Contract payments under AMTA
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Some $36 billion in payments to be made to farmers for contract crops for fiscal years 1996-2002 under Title I of the FAIR Act of 1996, known as the Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA). The ...
Faecal coliform bacteria
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Bacteria found in the intestinal tracts of mammals. Their presence in water or sludge is an indicator of pollution and possible contamination by pathogens.
