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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Economies of size
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The concept that the average cost of production per unit declines as the size of the operation grows. One reason farms have been growing in size is to make more economical use of machines capable of ...
Ecosystem
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A functioning community of nature that includes fauna and flora together with the chemical and physical environment with which they interact. Ecosystems vary greatly in size and characteristics; an ...
Edward R. Madigan U.S. Agricultural Export Excelle
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An award established by the FAIR Act of 1996 to recognise companies' and other entities' entrepreneurial efforts in the food and agricultural sector for advancing U.S. agricultural exports.
Effluent
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Waste, usually liquid, released or discharged to the environment. Generally the term refers to point source discharges of sewage or contaminated waste waters into surface waters.
Emergency livestock feed programmes
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The USDA was given permanent authority by the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to implement an array of emergency livestock feed programs. These programmes were designed to assist livestock producers ...
Emergency Wetlands Reserve programme (EWRP)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Authorised in 1993 under emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to widespread floods in the Midwest, EWRP provided payments to purchase easements and partial financial assistance to ...
Emerging Markets programme
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A programme originally authorised by the FACT Act of 1990, and titled the Emerging Democracies Program. The programme was authorised to promote U.S. agricultural exports by providing technical ...
