Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

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

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conservation

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The management of human and natural resources to provide maximum benefits over a sustained period of time (see sustainable agriculture). In farming, conservation entails matching cropping patterns ...

conservation compliance

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A provision originally authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985 that requires farmers who operate on highly erodible land to manage this land under an approved conservation system in order to ...

Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWRP)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Authorized in 1993 under emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to widespread floods in the Midwest, EWRP provided payments to purchase easements and partial financial assistance to ...

Emerging Markets Program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A program originally authorized by the FACT Act of 1990, and titled the Emerging Democracies Program. The program was authorized to promote U.S. agricultural exports by providing technical assistance ...

emission

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Waste released or emitted to the environment. The term is commonly used in referring to discharges of gases and particles to the atmosphere, i.e., air pollutants, and also is used in referring to ...

endangered species

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Species of animals or plants likely to go extinct in the foreseeable future unless current trends are altered. They are listed by regulation under the Endangered Species Act and assigned the Act’s ...

Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

This Act is P.L. 93-205 (December 28, 1973), as amended, is one of the major federal laws protecting species and the ecosystems on which they depend. While states generally have primacy in wildlife ...