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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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wholesale price index
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A composite index of prices of commodities sold in primary U.S. markets. "Wholesale" refers to sale in large quantities by producers, not to prices received by wholesalers, jobbers, or distributors. ...
Whole Herd Buy-out Program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Program in 1985 Farm Bill whereby producers could submit bids to the Secretary for the purpose of ending milk production in return for payment.
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A program authorized by FACT Act of 1990 to provide long-term protection for wetlands. Producers enrolling in the program must agree to implement an approved wetlands restoration and protection plan. ...
wet-milling
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A process in which feed material is steeped in water, with or without sulphur dioxide, to soften the seed kernel in order to help separate the kernel's various components. For example, wet-milling ...
wetlands
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Areas of predominantly hydric soils that can support a prevalence of water-loving plants, know as hydrophitic vegetation. Transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems are wetlands typified by ...
Wellhead Protection Areas
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The term, from the Safe Drinking Water Act, refers to the area consisting of the "surface and subsurface area surrounding a water and wellfield, supplying a public water system, through which ...
watershed and flood prevention operations
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A program area of the Natural Resources Conservation Service that includes Flood Prevention Operations (under the Flood Control Act of 1944, P.L. 78-534), Emergency Watershed Protection, and Small ...
