Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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county loan rate

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Nonrecourse loan rates vary from county to county to account for transportation cost differences to the nearest terminal elevator. The weighted average for all county loan rates — the actual loan ...

Clayton Act

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A 1914 law that supplemented the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 by clarifying market activities (including those in agriculture) considered to be monopolistic or trade-restraining. The ...

The primary federal law governing efforts to control air pollution. Federal legislation addressing air pollution was first adopted in 1955 (Air Pollution Control Act, P.L. 84-159) to provide research ...

Clean Water Act

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Refers collectively to the main federal law for protecting water quality (33 U.S.C. §§1251 to 1387). This is the principal law governing pollution of the nation’s rivers, lakes, estuaries, and ...

Coastal Zone Management Program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 92-583 (October 27, 1972) which created the Coastal Zone Management Program in 1972 to provide grants to eligible states and territories as an incentive to prepare and implement ...

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the federal government. The Code is divided into 50 titles that ...

Codex Alimentarius Commission

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A joint commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization, comprised of some 146 member countries, created in 1962 to ensure consumer food safety, establish ...