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Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Timber sale

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A contract for the sale of federal timber to a private purchaser with the right to cut and remove trees for an agreed-upon stumpage price; the contract includes an estimated volume of wood and an ...

Timberland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Lands that can grow annually a minimum amount of wood that can be used to produce commercial wood products; excludes lands where timber cutting is prohibited by law or by executive decision.

Threshold

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The lowest non-zero dose of a chemical at which a specified measurable effect occurs. Sometimes used to refer to the income level above which an applicant for food stamp benefits would be ineligible.

Transshipment

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Refers to the primary export of U.S. farm products to certain countries (notably Canada and the Netherlands) and their further shipment to other countries. Unless there is "adjustment for ...

Transparency

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A World Trade organisation principle stipulating that a country's policies and regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated to its trading partners. For example, out of ...

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The name of a number of degenerative brain diseases that infect humans and animals. For example, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infects cattle; scrapie infects sheep and goats; ...

Transfer of development rights (TDR)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Property rights that may not be used on the land from which they were derived; usually they are sold from areas where uses are restricted, such as active agricultural areas, to receiving or growth ...

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