Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Haying and grazing rules

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Under previous commodity support law, farmers were permitted, for limited time periods (usually during droughts) and under specific circumstances, to harvest hay or graze cattle on land idled under ...

Habitat conservation plans (HCPs)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Plans prepared under the Endangered Species Act, by nonfederal parties wishing to obtain permits for incidental taking of threatened and endangered species. The number of HCPs has expanded enough in ...

Habitat

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The place where a population (e.g., human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives, characterised by physical features (e.g., desert) and/or dominant plants (e.g., deciduous forest).

Gully erosion

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also called ephemeral gully erosion, this process occurs when water flows in narrow channels during or immediately after heavy rains or melting snow. A gully is sufficiently deep that it would not be ...

Guaranteed export credit

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A Commodity Credit Corporation guarantee of commercial export credit is available through several export credit guarantee programs.

Southern Dairy Compact

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An agreement among Southern U.S. states that would allow member states to jointly establish a minimum farm price for fluid milk that is above the federally mandated minimum price level in the region. ...

Soup Kitchen-Food Bank programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Originally authorised under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to buy commodities for soup kitchens and food banks not participating in the Emergency Food Assistance programme (EFAP). programme ...