Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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two-tiered pricing

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Any farm program system under which commodities grown for domestic use are supported at one level and those grown for export markets at another, lower level. The peanut price support program uses a ...

triple base plan

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also called the flexible base plan. A proposal under which farmers who raise program crops would receive program payments only on a certain percentage of their permitted acreage. A producer ...

trickle irrigation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Method in which water drips to the soil from perforated tubes or emitters. This irrigation technology is water conserving compared to flooding, furrows, and sprinklers.

tree measurement sales

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A timber sale where purchasers pay the total bid value (the estimated timber volume times the stumpage price) regardless of the volume of timber actually removed.

Tree Assistance Program (TAP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A disaster assistance program, administered by the Farm Service Agency, that makes payments for lost orchard trees and vines that produce annual crops. The program has been funded on an ad hoc basis, ...

transshipment

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Refers to the primary export of U.S. farm products to certain countries (notably Canada and the Netherlands) and their further shipment to other countries. Unless there is "adjustment for ...

transparency

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A World Trade Organization principle stipulating that a country’s policies and regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated to its trading partners. For example, out of ...