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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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work/training programs, food stamp
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Work/training programs have two meanings in the food stamp program: (1) most able-bodied unemployed or underemployed (less than 30 hours a week) adults not caring for very young children must ...
Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A private advocacy organization representing some western ranchers who want USDA to play a more prominent regulatory role in live cattle markets. In 1996, WORC submitted a controversial petition ...
wind erosion equation
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An equation used to design wind erosion control systems, which considers soil erodibility, soil roughness, climate, the unsheltered distance across a field, and the vegetative cover on the ground.
wool and mohair commodity programs
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Income support was provided to producers of wool and mohair under authority of the National Wool Act of 1954, as amended, through 1995. Phase down and termination of the programs was mandated in the ...
windbreak
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A living barrier that usually includes several rows of trees, and perhaps shrubs, located upwind of a farm, field, feedlot or other area and intended to reduce wind velocities. Windbreaks, also ...
wind erosion
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The detachment and transportation of soil by wind. Wind erosion is a cropland management concern in the Plains states.
William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorizatio
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This law (enacted as P.L. 105-336; October 31, 1998) extended expiring authorizations for child nutrition and commodity assistance programs, and the WIC program, through FY2003. It also made modest ...
