Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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Commodity Exchange Authority

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A former regulatory agency of USDA established to administer the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975; the predecessor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The independent federal regulatory agency established by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 to administer the Commodity Exchange Act. It regulates trading on the futures exchanges ...

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Act of

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 93-463 (October 23, 1974) which created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to replace the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Exchange Authority, as the independent ...

Commodity Import Programs (CIPs)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The U.S. Agency for International Development uses a small portion of U.S. foreign aid funds to make grants and loans to countries judged important to U.S. foreign policy objectives. These CIPs, by ...

commodity letters of credit (CLOC)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Food instruments issued in lieu of commodities to certain designated schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. These letters of credit specify the types of foods that schools must ...

commodity loan rates

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Price per unit (pound, bushel, bale, or hundredweight) at which the CCC provides nonrecourse loans to farmers to enable them to hold program crops for later sale. Commodity loans under the FAIR Act ...

commodity programs

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This term is usually meant to include the commodity price and income support programs administered by the Farm Service Agency and financed by the Commodity Credit Corporation. The commodities now ...