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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

runner peanuts

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The most widely used peanut for making peanut butter, peanut candies, bakedgoods, and snack nuts. This type of peanut is grown mainly in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma, and accounts ...

ruminant

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Animal having a stomach with four compartments (remen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum). Their digestive process is more complex than that of animals having a true stomach. Ruminants include cattle, ...

RPA assessment / program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

As required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the Forest Service makes a periodic (every 10 years) national assessment of renewable resource supplies, demands, and ...

roundup ready soybeans (RR soybeans)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant soybeans. Roundup is the trade name for glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Farmers planting RR soybeans pay more for the seed, must use certain ...

rodenticide

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A pesticide used to destroy, control, or deter mice and rats or other rodent pests from damaging food, crops, etc.

rotational (intensive) grazing

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Pasturing system that allows short periods of heavy use, followed by a recovery period; it allows the forage to be used more fully and effectively.

ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A molecule similar to DNA that functions primarily to decode instructions for protein synthesis that are carried by genes.

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