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Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

4th Edition

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BICO report

BXN cotton

Babcock test

Baby beef

Baby lamb

Back months

Backcross

Backfire

Backgrounding

Backyard Conservation Campaign

Bactericide

Bacteriologist

Bacteriophage(s)

Bag

Bait(s)

Baitfish

Baitfish industry (warmwater)

Baking quality

Balance of trade

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-177)

Balanced ration

Balancing

Bale density

Bale lists

Bale(d) (hay)

Bale(s) (tobacco)

Bale(s) (wool)

Bale(s); baled (cotton)

Baling (cotton)

Baling (hay)

Band application

Bang's disease

Bank guarantee (export)

Bank(s) for Cooperatives (BC)

Bankhead-Jones Act of 1935 (7 U.S.C. §§ 427 et seq.)

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 (P.L. 75-210) (7 U.S.C. §§ 1010-1012)

Bargaining association(s)

Bargaining or sales agent (bargaining association)

Barley

Barn (freestall)

Barn (herringbone)

Barn (milking)

Barn (rotary)

Barn (stanchion)

Barn sour

Barn(s)

Barrel cheese; barrel(s)

Barrow(s)

Barter

Basal area (tree)

Basal cover (area)

Base

Base acres (acreage)

Base acres (acreage) (peanuts)

Base adjustment

Base and yield analyzer

Base building

Base grade (cotton)

Base mix

Base payment(s)

Base period

Base period price

Base price

Base price (livestock)

Base price (milk)

Base programs (Extension)

Base rent plus bonus lease

Base updating

Basic commodity(ies)

Basic conservation system

Basic food groups

Basic food(s)

Basic formula price (BFP)

Basic loan rate

Basic quota (tobacco)

Basic research

Basic unit(s)

Basing point(s)

Basis

Basis contract(s)

Basis point

Basis risk

Basted

Batt

Battery cage(s)

Beak trimming

Bed(s)

Bedding

Bedrock

Beef

Beef (carcass) grading

Beef Belt

Beef cattle price (index) (BPI)

Beefalo

Beefy; beefiness

Beestings

Beet sugar

Beggar-thy-neighbor policy

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program

Beginning; beginning farmer(s) and (or) rancher(s) (qualified)

Belly wool; bellies

Belt(s)

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (Beltsville) (BARC)

Benchmark

Beneficial interest(s)

Beneficials; beneficial insects

Benefit-cost analysis

Best management practice(s) (BMP)

Bias

Bid

Bidding down

Biennual (plant)

Big Three

Bilateral (trade) agreement(s)

Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (P.L. 104-210)

Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust

Bill Emerson Hunger Fellowship

Bill(s) of lading (B/L)

Binational Agricultural Research and Development program (BARD)

Binding(s)

Bioaccumulation

Bioassay

Bioavailability

Biobased

Biobased Products/Bioenergy Initiative

Biobased industrial product(s)

Biobased product(s)

Biobased products pilot project

Biochemical pesticides

Biochemical(s)

Biochemist

Biocides

Biocontrol

Biodegradable

Biodiesel

Biodiesel Fuel Education Program

Biodiversity

Biodynamic agriculture; biodynamic farming

Bioenergy

Bioenergy Feedstock Development programs

Bioenergy Program

Bioengineering; bioengineered

Biofilms

Biofuels

Biofuels Feedstock Development Program

Biogas

Bioinformatics

Biointensive IPM

Biointensive gardening

Biological agents

Biological control agent(s) (organism)

Biological control(s) (biocontrol) (of pests)

Biological farming

Biological oxygen demand (BOD)

Biological products

Biologicals

Biologics

Biomagnification

Biomarkers

Biomass

Biomass (energy)

Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Title III of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000)

Biomass industrial product

Biopesticide(s)

Biopower

Biopower Feedstock Development Program

Biorefinery

Biorefinery Development Grants

Bioremediation

Biosecurity

Biosolid(s)

Biosphere

Biota; biotic

Biotechnology

Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program

Bioterrorism

Biotic (communities)

Biotrophs

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210)

Bird-by-bird inspection

Birds, rats, and mice

Birth litter (swine)

Black cutters

Black light test

Black-out (pullet) house

Blackleg

Blair House Agreement

Blanching

Blast

Bleached; bleached grains

Blend price

Blend(s)

Blended credit

Blended foods

Blending

Blight(s)

Blind experiment

Block cheese

Block grant(s)

Block(s)

Blood

Blood meal

Blue Box policies

Blue tongue

Boar(s)

Board foot

Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Board mill

Board of trade

Body condition

Boll Weevil Eradication

Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program

Boll weevil(s)

Boll(s)

Bollworm

Bombers

Bone meal

Bonus foods; bonus commodities

Book of business

Booting stage

Border 21 Program

Border price

Border protection

Border(s)

Borer

Borrower training (certification) (program)

Boston price

Botanical pesticides

Botulism

Bound tariff rate(s)

Bovine

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Bovine growth hormone (bST)

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV)

Bovine respiratory disease

Bovine tuberculosis

Boxed beef

Bran

Brand(ing)

Branded beef

Branded commodity(ies) (beef, pork, lamb)

Breakdown

Breakdown product(s)

Breaker

Breaking stock

Breast height (timber)

Bred heifer

Breed(s)

Breeder seed

Breeder(s)

Breeding

Breeding finisher pig(s)

Breeding herd

Breeding soundness examination (bulls) (BSE)

Breeding unit index

Breeding value

Brewers rice

Bridge loan

Bright line

Brimmer decision

Britch or breech wool

British breeds

Brix

Broad-spectrum pesticide

Broadband service

Broadband telecommunication services

Broadcast

Broadcast burn

Broadleaf; broadleaved

Broiler(s)

Broken(s)

Broker(s); brokerage

Brood animal

Brood cow

Brood fish

Brood mare

Brooder house

Broom snakeweed

Brown citrus aphid

Brown rice

Brown-bagging

Browse species

Brucellosis

Bt

Bt corn

Bt cotton

Bt resistance

Buck

Bucket elevator

Buckshot

Buckwheat

Budget authority (BA)

Budget outlays

Budget resolution

Buffer stock(s)

Buffer strip(s); buffer acreage

Buffer zone

Buffering capacity

Bug

Building on a Time to Act

Bulgur

Bulk

Bulk cargo

Bulk carrier

Bulk commodity(ies)

Bulk curing

Bulk milk

Bulk tank unit

Bulk tank(s)

Bulk-blended milk

Bull(s)

Bulling

Bullock

Bunt

Bur; burr

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bureau of Reclamation

Burley tobacco

Bushel(s)

Business and Industry loan program (B&I)

Butcher cows/bulls

Butcher hog(s)

Butter-powder tilt

Butterfat

Butterfat at the farm

Butterfat price

Buttermilk

Buy-back

Buy-back (peanuts)

Buy-back contract

Buy-up (crop) insurance (coverage)

Buyer in the ordinary course of business

Byproduct(s)

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