Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Agricultural programs & laws

Tree Assistance programme (TAP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A disaster assistance program, administered by the Farm Service Agency, that makes payments for lost orchard trees and vines that produce annual crops. The programme has been funded on an ad hoc ...

Unique farmland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Land, other than prime farmland, that has combined conditions to produce sustained high quality and high yields of specialty crops, such as citrus, nuts, fruits, and vegetables when properly managed.

Uniform grain and rice storage agreement (USGRSA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The contractual arrangement governing transactions between the Farm Service Agency and private grain storage companies. Commercial warehouses storing grain under a nonrecourse loan or owned by the ...

Underground storage tank

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

For purposes of Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, this is any tank used to store petroleum or hazardous substances regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ...

Two-tiered pricing

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Any farm programme system under which commodities grown for domestic use are supported at one level and those grown for export markets at another, lower level. The peanut price support programme uses ...

Variable import levy

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A charge levied on imports that raises their price to a level at least as high as the domestic price. Such levies are adjusted frequently (hence "variable") in response to changes in world market ...

Value-based pricing

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Packers are increasingly using this method of determining how much to pay cattle and hog producers for animals. Rather than simply paying a fixed rate based on the weight of the animals, value-based ...