Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Agricultural programs & laws

Farmer Mac (Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporat

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Created by the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 as a federally chartered, private corporation responsible for guaranteeing the timely repayment of principal and interest to investors in a new ...

Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve (FOR)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A program, established under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, designed to buffer sharp price movements and to provide reserves against production shortfalls by allowing wheat and feed grain ...

Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Formerly an agency of USDA that provided direct and guaranteed credit to family-sized farmers who were denied credit by a commercial lender. The 1994 USDA reorganization transferred FmHA’s farm loan ...

Farmers Market

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A market where producers, generally farmers, sell their goods directly to consumers.

Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Authorized through FY2003 under Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, this program provides funding for grants to selected states that develop programs promoting the use of farmers markets ...

farmers stock peanuts

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Picked or threshed peanuts produced in the United States, which have not been changed (except for removal of foreign material and excess moisture) from the condition in which picked or threshed ...

farmland

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Land used for agricultural purposes. The federal government recognizes prime farmland and unique farmland as the most important categories. According to USDA, the United States has had roughly 1 ...