Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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complimentary imports

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural import items not produced in appreciable commercial volume in the United States, such as bananas, coffee, rubber, cocoa, tea, spices and cordage fiber.

composting

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The controlled biological decomposition of organic material, such as sewage sludge, animal manures, or crop residues, in the presence of air to form a humus-like material. Controlled methods of ...

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Also known as Superfund (42 U.S.C. §§9601 to 9675), is the federal law which authorized EPA to require the cleanup of sites contaminated by past disposal of hazardous waste.

concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Generally, a facility where large numbers of farm animals are confined, fed, and raised, such as dairy and beef cattle feedlots, hog production facilities, and closed poultry houses. The ...

concessional export sale

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A sale in which a foreign buyer is allowed loan payment terms that are more favorable than those obtainable in the commercial market. Under P.L. 480, the concessional provisions (compared to the ...

Under special circumstances, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) permits registration of pesticide products that is "conditional" upon the submission of additional data. ...

conjunctive use

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Water management methods. Usually used to describe the practice of storing surface water in a groundwater basin in wet years and withdrawing it from the basin in dry years. Often used in discussing ...