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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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american heritage rivers protection program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A Clinton Administration initiative to deliver federal resources more efficiently and effectively that supports voluntary community efforts to enhance and protect designated rivers or river segments; ...
adjusted world price
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
As part of the upland cotton and the rice marketing assistance loan programs, USDA calculates and publishes, on a weekly basis, what is known as the adjusted world price (AWP). The AWP is the ...
adjusted gross revenue (AGR) pilot program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A pilot revenue insurance program first implemented in 1999 by USDA on a limited basis. It allows farmers to receive a guarantee of a percentage of their revenue for multiple commodities, including ...
additional peanuts
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Peanuts sold from a farm in any marketing year in excess of the amount of quota peanuts sold from that farm. Additional peanuts must be exported or crushed into oil and meal. Additionals are eligible ...
acute toxicity
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The ability of a substance to cause harmful effects soon after a single exposure or dose. Also, any sever poisonous effect resulting from a singe short-tem exposure to a toxic substance.
actuarially sound
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The financial goal of any insurance program (including the federal crop insurance program) is to operate on an actuarially sound basis; that is, total premiums collected should more than offset total ...
actual production history (APH)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A measure of an individual farmer's annual production of a commodity over a multi-year period. The APH serves as the basis for the farmer's "normal" crop yield in the crop insurance program. When the ...
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