Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Soil Bank Act

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1956 (P.L. 84-540), designated the Soil Bank Act, created the Acreage Reserve programme to retire land producing basic commodities under an annual agreement from ...

Soil

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

In the United States, about 70,000 kinds of soil are recognised in the nationwide system of classification. Each has a unique set of characteristics and a potential for use. These characteristics are ...

Sodbuster

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A provision authorised by the Food Security Act of 1985 which is designed to discourage the conversion of highly erodible land from extensive conserving uses to intensive agricultural production. If ...

Smith-Lever Act of 1914

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

P.L. 63-95 (May 8, 1914) authorised and provided initial funding for states to establish an educational outreach arm to "extend" the results of research programmes at the land grant colleges of ...

Soil conservation district

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A legal subdivision of state government, with a locally elected governing body, responsible for developing and carrying out a programme of soil and water conservation within a geographic boundary, ...

Soil conditioner

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An organic material like humus or compost that helps soil absorb water, build a bacterial community, and take up mineral nutrients.

Soil Bank programme

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A federal programme of the late 1950s and early 1960s that paid farmers to retire land from production for 10 years; the predecessor to today's Conservation Reserve Program. Some elements in the CRP, ...