Prop 12
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FDA Meets with Farmers Concerned about Water Regulations
- August 15, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 15, 2013 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials recently met with farmers in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to listen...
USDA Extends Comment Period for Mechanically Tenderized Meat
- August 12, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 12, 2013 USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced an extension of the comment period for a proposed rule,...
Comment Period Extended for Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations
- August 12, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted August 12, 2013 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially extended the comment period for the proposed rules,...
Glossary: W
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
W: Walking down: The now-prohibited practice of attempting to make grain flow within or out from a grain storage facility. The practice was banned for exposing...
Glossary: U
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
U: U-pick: A form of direct marketing whereby the consumer comes to the farming operation for the purpose of harvesting and purchasing for cash...
Glossary: T
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
T: T: T-value; soil loss tolerance level T by 2000: The conservation program adopted in some states to meet the soil loss tolerance level, or the T-value, by...
Glossary: S
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
S: S & D: Special and differential treatment SAA: Shared appreciation agreement Saccharimeter: Instrument used in sugar analysis to measure the amount of rotation...
Glossary: R
- August 6, 2013
- Elizabeth
R: R: Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor) R (rainfall-runoff erosivity factor): See Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor) (R), Revised Universal Soil Loss equation (RUSLE), and Universal Soil Loss Equation...
Glossary: Q
- August 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
Q: QBOP: Quota Buyout for Peanuts QLP: Quality Loss Program QR: Quantitative restriction(s) QSP: Quality Samples Program QTV: Qualified Through Verification Qualified beginning farmer and rancher: See Beginning;...
Glossary: P
- August 5, 2013
- Elizabeth
P: P: Phosphorus P: Support practice (factor) P & S(A): Packers and Stockyards Administration P & SP: Packers and Stockyards Program P (support practice factor): See Support...
Florida Appellate Court Awards Former Hog Farmer $505,000 Over Confinement Amendment
- July 30, 2013
- Elizabeth
Posted: July 30, 2013 In terms of farm animal confinement laws, Florida is where it all began, when it passed a...
Glossary: N
- July 25, 2013
- Elizabeth
N: N: Nitrogen NACD: National Association of Conservation Districts NACMCF: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods NAD: National Appeals Division NAD: Also USDA NAD....
Glossary: M
- July 25, 2013
- Elizabeth
M: M-W: Minnesota-Wisconsin Price M100: Neat methanol (100%) used as a motor fuel in dedicated methanol vehicles. M85: A blend of 85% methanol and 15% unleaded regular gasoline;...
Glossary: L
- July 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
L: L: Slope length (factor) L (Slope length factor): See Slope length (factor) (L). Label(s)(ed)(ing) (food): Written, printed, or graphic material on the immediate container...
Glossary: I
- July 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
I: IADDP: Indian Acute Distress Donation Program ICA: International Coffee Agreement ICA: International Commodity Agreement ICA: International Coffee Agreement ICCA: International Cocoa Agreement ICD: International Cooperation and...
Glossary: H
- July 24, 2013
- Elizabeth
H: H-2A program: A program that permits employers to apply for nonimmigrant alien workers to perform work of a seasonal or temporary nature. The program is authorized by...
Glossary: G
- July 23, 2013
- Elizabeth
G: G & T: Generation and Transmission G-10: Group of 10 G-11: Group of 11 G-15: Group of 15 G-2: Group of 2 G-24: Group of 24...
Glossary: F
- July 23, 2013
- Elizabeth
F: F&CS: Food and Consumer Service F.A.S.: Free Along Side F.O.B.: Free On Board F.O.B.: See Free on Board (F.O.B.). F.S.T.: F.O.B., Stowed, and Trimmed F.S.T. (F.O.B.,...
Glossary: E
- July 22, 2013
- Elizabeth
E: E Government Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-347): An act to enhance the management and promotion of electronic government services and processes by establishing...
Glossary: D
- July 22, 2013
- Elizabeth
D: Daily liveweight gain: The live weight gain of an animal divided by the number of days between two weighings. Dairy and...