Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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habitat conservation plans (HCPs)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Plans prepared under the Endangered Species Act, by nonfederal parties wishing to obtain permits for incidental taking of threatened and endangered species. The number of HCPs has expanded enough in ...

habitat

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The place where a population (e.g., human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives, characterized by physical features (e.g., desert) and/or dominant plants (e.g., deciduous forest).

gully erosion

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also called ephemeral gully erosion, this process occurs when water flows in narrow channels during or immediately after heavy rains or melting snow. A gully is sufficiently deep that it would not be ...

guaranteed export credit

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A Commodity Credit Corporation guarantee of commercial export credit is available through several export credit guarantee programs.

GSM-5, Direct Export Credit Program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A federal export assistance program once operated by the Foreign Agricultural Service. Loans were made directly by the Commodity Credit Corporation at USDA-determined interest rates to foreign buyers ...

GSM-103, Short-Term Export Credit Guarantee Progra

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An Export Credit Guarantee Program that covers credit terms up to 10 years. The program underwrites credit extended by the private banking sector to approved foreign banks using dollar-denominated, ...

group risk protection (GRP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A form of crop insurance available in certain parts of the country that makes an indemnity payment to all participating crop farmers in a particular area when the entire county’s crop production is a ...