Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Cropland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Land used primarily for the production of row crops, close-growing crops, and fruit and nut crops. It includes cultivated and noncultivated acreage, but not land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve ...

Cross compliance

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A no longer used requirement that a farmer who participates in a price support programme for one crop must also participate in price support programmes for other crops grown on the same farm. See ...

Delivery

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

In settlement of a futures contract, the tender and receipt of the actual commodity, the cash value of the commodity, or of a delivery instrument covering the commodity (e.g., warehouse receipts or ...

Delivery month

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The specified month within which a futures contract matures and can be settled by delivery. Also referred to as contract month.

Delivery point

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A location where a commodity can be delivered to fulfil a futures contract.

Demurrage

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The charge that a shipper may be required to pay for detaining a rail car (or water carrier) longer than necessary to load it. What length of time is considered reasonable, and the level of demurrage ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A polymeric chromosomal constituent of living cell nuclei, composed of deoxyribose (a sugar), phosphoric acid, and four nitrogen bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. It contains the ...