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A measure for lumber, equal to a 1-inch thick board that is 1 foot long and 1 foot wide in nominal dimensions (a 2x4, for example, is less than 2 inches thick and 4 inches wide, but a 1-foot long 2x4 is still counted as 2/3 of a board foot); typically reported in thousands of board feet (mbf). Also used to estimate the volume of lumber that can be produced from logs and standing trees.
Industry:Agriculture
An insect pest of cotton that is the subject of an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service eradication program cooperatively funded and managed by cotton producers.
Industry:Agriculture
Bacillus thuringiensis is a naturally occurring soil bacterium commonly known as Bt. It is a biological pesticide (biopesticide) used as a spray or dust and also in several genetically engineered plants. The plants have a gene from Bt inserted into their own genetic material. This new gene produces a natural protein that kills insects after the protein is ingested. The toxins are specific to a small subset of insects. Cotton has been genetically altered to control the tobacco budworm, bollworm and pink bollworm. Potatoes have been altered to control the Colorado potato beetle. A new hybrid of Bt corn, altered to be resistant to the European corn borer, became available for the 1997 planting season. Bt degrades rapidly to non-toxic compounds. It is not known to present any human or animal hazards. However, recent reports suggest that it may harm certain beneficial insects, such as monarch butterflies. Pest resistance management (PRM) plans are required by the Environmental Protection Agency as part of the registration.
Industry:Agriculture
Slender areas of permanent vegetation, often planted along the edge or the contour of a field, usually to slow the flow of water or the velocity of wind, in order to capture sediment and other materials before they leave the farm and become pollutants. Types of buffers include filter strips, field borders, grassed waterways, field windbreaks, shelterbelts, contour grass strips, and riparian buffers.
Industry:Agriculture
Wheat that has been parboiled, dried, and partially debranned for later use in cracked or whole grain form.
Industry:Agriculture
Refers to two types of cargo ships: the dry-bulk carrier and the liquid-bulk carrier, better known as a tanker. Bulk cargo is a shipment such as oil, grain, or ore, that is not packaged, baled, bottled, or otherwise packed and is loaded without counting or marking.
Industry:Agriculture
En règle générale, volume élevé, faible valeur des produits agricoles non transformés, qui sont traités comme s'ils étaient homogènes (fongibles) dans la nature avant la transformation. Céréales, oléagineux et coton sont considérés comme des marchandises en vrac. Catégories contrastées sont des biens de grande valeur, semi-transformées et transformés en produits de base et les biens de consommation prêt.
Industry:Agriculture
Un bureau au sein du ministère de l'intérieur qui a compétence exclusive sur environ 268 millions d'acres de la propriété par le gouvernement fédéral les terres. Environ un tiers de cette zone est en Alaska. La majorité de la superficie restante est dans les États occidentaux.
Industry:Agriculture
A bureau within the Department of the Interior, whose mission is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources. The agency replaced the Reclamation Service, which was established pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 to "reclaim (arid lands) throughout the West through irrigation." The Bureau built, operates, and maintains more than 300 storage dams on rivers throughout the western United States.
Industry:Agriculture
Le principal type de tabac séché à air l'chaud ; un tabac qui avec tabac représentent plus de 90 % de la production totale aux États-Unis. La production de tabac Burley est limitée par les quotas nationaux de commercialisation admissibles à des prêts sans recours de soutien des prix. Ses centres de production dans le Kentucky.
Industry:Agriculture
