Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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terminator seeds

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A descriptive term used by some for seeds that have been genetically engineered to produce a crop whose first generation produces sterile seeds, thus preventing a second generation from being grown ...

terminal market

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A central site, often in a metropolitan area, that serves as an assembly and trading place for agricultural commodities. Terminal markets are usually at or near major transportation hubs. A ...

terminal elevator

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A large elevator (warehouse) facility with the capacity to transfer grain to rail cars, barges, or ships for transport to domestic or foreign markets. Terminal elevator markets are used as base ...

teratogen

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A chemical that causes nonhereditary birth defects in a developing fetus. Teratogencity is taken into account in assessing the toxicity of pesticides and other chemicals. Both level and timing of ...

tender

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

As a verb, tender announces the intention of delivering a notice or an actual commodity; i.e., XYZ Grain Growers, Inc., tenders six cars to North Pacific at the time of shipment for application on an ...

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A program that evolved out of a surplus commodity donation efforts begun by the USDA in late 1981 to dispose of surplus foods (especially cheese) held by the Commodity Credit Corporation. This ...

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (T

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

P.L. 98-8 (March 24, 1983) was a supplemental appropriations act for FY1983 that among other things explicitly authorized a discretionary commodity donation effort begun in 1981 by the USDA. The ...