Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Payment limitation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The maximum annual amount of commodity programme benefits a person can receive by law. Persons are defined under payment limitation regulations, established by USDA, to be individuals, members of ...

In general, a payment made in the form of CCC-owned commodities (or title to them) in lieu of cash. This form of payment was widely used during the 1980s for paid diversion, deficiency payments, and ...

Holding pond

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A pond or reservoir, usually made of earth, built to store polluted runoff.

Hog/corn ratio

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs (feed ratio). Put another way, the price of hogs, per hundredweight, divided by the price of corn per bushel. Since corn is a major ...

Highly erodible land

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Land that is very susceptible to erosion, including fields that have at least 1/3 or 50 acres of soils with a natural erosion potential of at least 8 times their T value. More than 140 million acres ...

Highly erodible cropland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Highly erodible land that is in cropland use, as determined by the Secretary.

Harmonised Tariff Schedules of the United States (

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This document, published and maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United ...