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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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margin
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The amount of money or collateral deposited by a customer with a broker, by a broker with a clearing member, or by a clearing member with the clearinghouse, for the purpose of insuring against loss ...
mandatory price reporting
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Currently, packers and processors are not required to report the prices they pay for the animals they buy from producers or the terms of sale. Rather, daily sales and price information is collected ...
malnutrition
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A human condition that results from an excess, imbalance, or deficit of nutrients. It is generally defined as some measurable degree of ill health due to inadequate nutrition that can be prevented or ...
make allowance
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The margin between the government support price for milk and the CCC’s purchase price for butter, nonfat dry milk, and cheese. This margin is administratively set to cover the costs of "making" milk ...
Major land resource area (MLRA)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Major land resource areas are geographically associated land resource units delineated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and characterized by a particular pattern that combines soils, ...
Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Alternative methods of farming that reduce the application of purchased inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides. The goals of these alternative practices are to diminish environmental ...
