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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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El Niño
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A cyclical disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific that has important consequences for global weather, including increased rainfall in the southern United States and Peru, ...
elderly and disabled
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
For food stamp purposes: "elderly" persons are age 60 or older; and "disabled" persons are beneficiaries of disability-based governmental assistance, such as social security disability payments and ...
electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Under an EBT system, recipients are issued an "ATM-like" card and a "personal identification number" (PIN) instead of food stamp coupons. They access their food stamp benefits when purchasing food by ...
elevator
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A tall warehouse facility that uses vertical conveyors to raise or elevate grain, generally owned privately or by an agricultural cooperative, where grain is stored before being marketed. The term ...
embargo
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A government-ordered prohibition or limitation on trade with another country. Under an embargo, all trade, or selected goods and services, may be restricted. The Food Security Act of 1985 states that ...
Emergency Conservation Program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A program administered by the Farm Service Agency to help farmers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters by sharing in the cost of rehabilitation.
Emergency Disaster (EM) Loan Program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
When a county has been declared a disaster area by either the President or the Secretary of Agriculture, farmers in that county may become eligible for low-interest emergency disaster (EM) loans ...