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The characteristics of the farm sector; most often used in describing changes in the number, size distribution, production traits, and business composition (i.e., type of ownership) of farms and agribusiness firms. Structural change is an agricultural policy issue because of concerns over its economic and social impacts on farmers, rural communities, consumers, and others.
Industry:Agriculture
Planting and tillage operations that are limited to a strip not to exceed one-third of the distance between rows; the area between is left untilled with a protective cover of crop residue on the surface for erosion control.
Industry:Agriculture
Growing crops in a systematic arrangement of strips or bands, usually parallel to the land’s contour, that serve as barriers to wind and water erosion.
Industry:Agriculture
a legal concept which means an individual is responsible for the consequences of his or her activities regardless of the other reasons which may have contributed to causing the damages or any other defenses the person may have. Strict liability is commonly associated with activities which have an inherently dangerous nature.
Industry:Agriculture
The price, specified in the option contract, at which the underlying futures contract or commodity will move from seller to buyer.
Industry:Agriculture
National grain stocks held in reserve intentionally by government programs for the purpose of meeting future domestic and international needs. See Food Security Commodity Reserve, Food Security Wheat Reserve, Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve.
Industry:Agriculture
Commercial grain stocks include domestic grain in storage in public and private elevators at important markets and grain afloat in vessels or barges in lake and seaboard ports. Commercial stocks plus government-owned stocks constitute total stocks. Information on grain stock levels is half of the supply demand equation that determines price levels.
Industry:Agriculture
Calves or older animals maintained, often on pasture or rangeland, to increase weight and maturity before being placed in a feedlot.
Industry:Agriculture
The number of specific kinds and classes of livestock grazing or using a unit of land for a specified time. Not the same as carrying capacity.
Industry:Agriculture
P.L. 100-77 (July 22, 1987). Enacted in response to concerns about increasing hunger, homelessness, and unemployment, this Act provided federal funding to support housing, food assistance, and job training.
Industry:Agriculture
