Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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cholinesterase inhibitors

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A class of chemicals that includes numerous insecticides, such as parathion or carbaryl. They inhibit an enzyme found in animals that regulates nerve impulses. Cholinesterase inhibition is associated ...

chronic hunger

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Long-term hunger caused by endemic problems of availability and access, rather than by temporary emergencies.

chronic toxicity

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The capacity of a substance to cause long-term or delayed adverse health effects. For example, a cancer resulting from exposure to a carcinogen may not appear for years or decades.

citizen suits

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Refers to the provisions often found in environmental laws which authorize any citizen to bring a lawsuit to enforce the provisions of an environmental law.

class I differential

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Under federal milk marketing orders, the minimum price a processor must pay for milk used for fluid consumption (Class I milk) is the basic formula price plus the Class I differential. The Class I ...

class I equivalency

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The amount of less productive land in a water district receiving Bureau of Reclamation water (Classes 2, 3, and 4) that would be necessary to be equivalent in productive potential to Class I land. ...

class I land

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Under reclamation law, Class I land is defined as irrigable land within a particular agricultural economic setting that is productive enough to yield the highest level of suitability for continuous, ...