Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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taking endangered

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Taking, in layman’s terms, means killing or removing a plant or animal of a species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), or seriously damaging its chances of reproduction. Except under ...

an insect pest of cotton, fruit and vegetable, and greenhouse crops. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service works cooperatively with producers to implement pest management strategies based on ...

Swiss formula

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A tariff-cutting formula adopted in the Tokyo Round where high levels of tariffs were reduced at a faster pace than lower ones.

T value (or T level)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

For a specific soil, the maximum average annual soil loss expressed as tons per acre per year that will permit current production levels to be maintained economically and indefinitely; the soil loss ...

swampbuster

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A provision of the Food Security Act of 1985 that discourages the conversion of wetlands to cropland use. Producers converting a wetland area to cropland lose eligibility for several federal farm ...

sustained yield

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An output of renewable resources that does not impair the productivity of the resource; it implies a balance between harvesting and incremental growth or replenishment.

sustainable development

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Development pursued in a manner that does not damage or deplete the human or physical environment and that ensures through good management that resources will be available for use indefinitely.