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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Food Stamp Program
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This program supplements the food buying power of eligible low-income households by providing them with monthly benefits through coupons or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. Eligibility is ...
food stamps deductions
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
When calculating a household’s monthly food stamp benefit, food stamp rules require calculation of its net income, with lower net income amounts (larger deductions) producing higher food stamp ...
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This Act is P.L. 101-624 (November 28, 1990) which was a 5-year omnibus farm bill. It continued to move agriculture in a market-oriented direction by freezing target prices and allowing more planting ...
food-borne illnesses
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Illnesses caused by pathogens that enter the human body where food is the carrier. In order of the incidence of cases, the leading pathogens are Campylobacter (bacteria commonly found in poultry), ...
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A major disease of cloven-footed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs) that does not exist in the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service conducts a surveillance program to track the ...
forage
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Vegetable matter, fresh or preserved, that is gathered and fed to animals as roughage includes alfalfa hay, corn silage, and other hay crops.
forage value index (FVI)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A derived index of the relative change in the previous year’s average monthly rate per head for pasturing cattle on privately owned land in the West. Used in calculating federal grazing fees.
