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

easement

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A landowner sells or surrenders the right to develop a portion of the property, usually in return for a payment or some other benefit. Some local and state governments, and land trusts, have programs ...

economic concentration

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A measure of the degree to which a few large firms dominate total sales, production, or capacity within an industry or market. The concern is that the more concentrated an industry, the greater the ...

economies of size

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The concept that the average cost of production per unit declines as the size of the operation grows. One reason farms have been growing in size is to make more economical use of machines capable of ...

ecosystem

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A functioning community of nature that includes fauna and flora together with the chemical and physical environment with which they interact. Ecosystems vary greatly in size and characteristics; an ...

Edward R. Madigan U.S. Agricultural Export Excelle

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An award established by the FAIR Act of 1996 to recognize companies’ and other entities’ entrepreneurial efforts in the food and agricultural sector for advancing U.S. agricultural exports.

effluent

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Waste, usually liquid, released or discharged to the environment. Generally the term refers to point source discharges of sewage or contaminated waste waters into surface waters.

effluent limitation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An Environmental Protection Agency "standard of performance" reflecting the maximum degree of discharge reduction achievable by the best available technology for various categories of sources of ...