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

Dairy Export Incentive programme (DEIP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A programme that offers subsidies to exporters of U.S. dairy products to help them compete with other nations. USDA pays cash to exporters as bonuses to help them sell certain U.S. dairy products at ...

Dairy Market Loss Assistance programme (DMLA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A programme announced March 8, 1999, that makes direct payments to dairy farmers on the first 26,000 hundredweight of milk marketed during 1997 or 1998. The actual payment rate will be determined ...

Dairy Price Support programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The federal programme that maintains a minimum farm price for milk used in the manufacture of dairy products. The CCC indirectly assures a minimum price for milk by purchasing any cheddar cheese, ...

Dairy Promotion programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The Dairy Production stabilisation Act of 1983 authorised a national producer programme for dairy product promotion, research, and nutrition education as part of a comprehensive strategy to increase ...

Dairy Termination programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also called the whole herd buyout, this programme was authorised by the Food Security Act of 1985. Under it, farmers received USDA payments for agreeing to remove their entire dairy herds from ...

Data call-in

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A part of the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide programmes (OPP) process of developing key required test data, especially on the long-term, chronic effects of existing pesticides, ...

Dealer trust

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The Packers and Stockyards Act includes provisions aimed at protecting the financial interests of livestock and poultry producers. Under the act, the inventories and accounts receivable of a packer ...