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

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

USDA was originally established in 1862 and raised to cabinet status in 1889. In FY1997 it had an employment level equal to about 113,000 staff years, working in some 30 separate agencies, carrying ...

Department of Agriculture reorganisation Act of 19

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Title II of P.L. 103-354 (October 13, 1994) was designated the Department of Agriculture reorganisation Act of 1994 and gave the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to reorganise USDA to achieve ...

Department of the Interior (DOI)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This cabinet-level agency, also known as the Home Department, was created on March 3, 1849 by an Act of Congress to oversee and manage the vast national or public domain. Today the Department ...

Customs union

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An agreement between two or more countries to remove trade barriers between each other and to establish common tariff and nontariff policies with respect to other countries. The European Community ...

Dacthal (DCPA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A selective herbicide, trade name Dacthal, used especially on vegetables. DCPA and its breakdown products are environmentally significant and became the most commonly detected pesticide residues in ...

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 98-180 (November 29, 1983) which was designated the Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983. Title I authorised a voluntary dairy diversion program, which was operated between ...

Dairy Diversion programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A voluntary supply control programme authorised by the Dairy Production stabilisation Act of 1983, under which producers in 1984-85 received payments, of $10 per cwt., for reducing their milk ...