Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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pest

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An animal or plant that is directly or indirectly detrimental to human interests, causing harm or reducing the quality and value of a harvestable crop or other resource. Weeds, termites, rats, and ...

Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconci

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

P.L. 104-193 (September 22, 1996) was labeled as a major "welfare reform" initiative. In addition to provisions making major changes to federal cash welfare, Medicaid, work, and child care ...

person

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

An entity defined by USDA as being eligible to receive federal farm program benefits, subject to annual payment limitation constraints. A "person" may be an individual farmer, an individual member of ...

permitted acreage

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The acreage on which a farm program participant is permitted to grow a program crop after satisfying acreage reduction requirements. For example, when a 10% acreage reduction program is in effect for ...

persistent pesticides

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Pesticides that do not readily break down in the environment. Becoming long-lived components of the ecosystem, these chemicals may have enduring effects at low concentrations or may bioaccumulate, ...

permanent law

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Legislation that would be in force in the absence of all temporary or short-term laws (e.g., farm bills). The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, the Agricultural Act of 1949, and the Commodity ...

permanent vegetative cover

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Trees, or perennial grasses, legumes, or shrubs with an expected life span of at least 5 years. Permanent cover is required on cropland entered into the Conservation Reserve Program.