Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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short ton

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Two thousand pounds. By contrast, a long ton equals 2,240 pounds. A metric ton equals 2,204.62 pounds.

Short Term Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-10

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

One of CCC’s export credit guarantee programs. See GSM-102.

short selling

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Selling a futures contract with the idea of delivering on it or offsetting it at a later date.

A fruit and vegetable marketing order provision that prohibits the commercial shipping of the regulated commodity during periods following certain holidays when demand is historically low - such as ...

short

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

(1) The selling side of an open futures contract; (2) a trader whose net position in the futures market shows an excess of open sales over open purchases. See long.

Shippers export declaration (SED)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A form required by the government for the compilation of official export statistics and for export control purposes. It is necessary on practically every commercial shipment leaving the United States ...

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The 1890 law is considered the foundation of federal anti-monopoly policy. Passed partly as an outgrowth of congressional investigations into alleged price collusion among large meat packers, the law ...