Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Farmland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Land used for agricultural purposes. The federal government recognises prime farmland and unique farmland as the most important categories. According to USDA, the United States has had roughly 1 ...

Farmland protection

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Programs, operated mostly at state and local levels by government agencies or private entities such as land trusts, that are designed to limit conversion of agricultural land to other uses that ...

Farmland Protection programme (FPP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A programme established by the FAIR Act of 1996 to fund the purchase of conservation easements of 170,000-340,000 acres of land having prime or unique soil or other desirable production qualities ...

Farrow-to-finish

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Typically, a confinement operation where pigs are bred and raised to their slaughter weight, usually 200-250 pounds. Facilities that have 2,500 or more swine are considered by the Environmental ...

Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Formerly an agency of USDA that provided direct and guaranteed credit to family-sized farmers who were denied credit by a commercial lender. The 1994 USDA reorganisation transferred FmHA's farm loan ...

Farmers Market

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A market where producers, generally farmers, sell their goods directly to consumers.

Farmers Market Nutrition programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Authorised through FY2003 under Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, this programme provides funding for grants to selected states that develop programmes promoting the use of farmers ...