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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Agricultural programs & laws
Federal Noxious Weed Act
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This Act is P.L. 93-629 (January 3, 1975) which was adopted to prevent foreign weeds from entering and becoming established to the detriment of U.S. crops and livestock. Under this act, the Animal ...
futures contract
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A standardized agreement calling for deferred delivery of a commodity, or its equivalent, entered through organized futures exchanges. Most agricultural futures contracts call for physical delivery, ...
futures price
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
(1) Commonly held to mean the price of a commodity for future delivery that is traded on a futures exchange. (2) The price of any futures contract.
ichloro-diphenyl-trichloromethane (DDT)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide. It is persistent in the environment and biomagnifies in birds of prey. The Environmental Protection Agency canceled U.S. registration of virtually all but ...
import duty
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A customs duty is a charge assessed by a government on an imported item at its point of customs entry into the country, and paid for by the importer; the term is now used interchangeably with tariff. ...
sugar forfeiture penalty
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A penalty paid to the Commodity Credit Corporation by a processor of sugar beets or sugarcane who, having taken out a nonrecourse loan, decides to hand over sugar pledged as collateral to the CCC ...
aquaculture
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The production of aquatic plants or animals in a controlled environment, such as ponds, raceways, tanks, or cages, for all or part of their life cycle. In the United States, baitfish, catfish, clams, ...
