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Glossary Entries beginning with C

Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

4th Edition

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C (cover-management factor)

CARICOM

CCC commercial credit

CCC sales price (7 U.S.C. §§ 1427 et seq.)

CERCLA

Cabotage

Cage(s)(ed)

Caged layer operation

Cairns Group

Calculated fee

Calf (calves)

Calf crop

California milk marketing order

Call price

Call; call option(s)

Calve(d)

Calving rate

Calving season

Cambium

Camelidae; camelids

Campylobacteriosis

Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)

Cancellation (pesticide)

Candle(d); candling

Cane sugar

Cane sugar refiner

Cane syrup

Canner(s) and cutter(s)

Canola

Canopy

Cap(ped) (insurance)

Cap(s)

Capital stock

Capitalization of arrears

Capon(s)

Capper-Volstead Act of 1922 (CVA) (7 U.S.C. §§ 291 et. seq.)

Capriculture

Capsicums

Captive bolt stun gun

Captive finance

Captive supply (livestock)

Carbamate(s)

Carbon cycle

Carcass evaluation

Carcass merit

Carcass merit discount

Carcass merit premium

Carcass traits

Carcass weight (dressed)

Carcass-by-carcass inspection

Carcinogen; carcinogenic

Carding machine

Carding; carded

Carey Act

Cargo Preference Act (P.L. 83-644)

Cargo preference

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 (CBERA) (P.L. 98-67)

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-382)

Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)

Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)

Carousel retaliation

Carrier

Carry-in

Carrying capacity

Carrying charge

Carryover

Carryover crop insurance contract

Cartel

Case

Case ready

Casein

Caseinate(s)

Cash (basis) method (accounting)

Cash Export Certificate Program

Cash commodity(ies)

Cash contract(ing)

Cash crop(s)

Cash expenses

Cash flow

Cash forward contract (sale)

Cash grain farm

Cash grain(s)

Cash in lieu of commodities (CIL)

Cash lease(d)

Cash market

Cash price

Cash receipts

Cash rent

Cash settlement

Cash-out option for generic commodity certificates

Casing

Castor (bean)

Catastrophic coverage (CAT)

Catch crop

Category 1 species

Category 2 species

Cattle Feed Assistance Program

Cattle Feed Program

Cattle and Sheep Outlook

Cattle breeds

Cattle type

Cede

Ceiling price

Census Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics

Census of Agriculture

Centennial center(s)

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)

Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Center-pivot irrigation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Central American Common Market (CACM)

Cereal(s)

Certain polyhydric alcohols

Certificate of inspection

Certificate of origin

Certificate of quota eligibility

Certificate(s); cert(s)

Certified Lender Program (CLP)

Certified agent(s)

Certified applicator(s)

Certified lender

Certified mediation program

Certified milk

Certified organic; certified

Certified scale(s)

Certified seed(s)

Certified weight(s)

Certified wetland determination

Certifying agent(s); certified agent(s)

Cervidae; cervids

Chaff

Champion communities

Channel catfish

Channel catfish culture

Chapter 12

Character (cotton)

Charges (CCC)

Charitable institutions (CI)

Check(s)

Checkoff(s); checkoff programs

Cheese price

Chef ready

Chemical Use Survey

Chemical fallow

Chemical fixation

Chemical tenderization

Chemigation

Chemosterilant

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Chicken breeds

Chickpeas

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-642) (42 U.S.C. §§ 1771 et seq.)

Child Nutrition Commodity Support Program

Child Nutrition Programs

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 (101-147)

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Children, Youth, & Families At Risk program

Chilled-carcass weight

Chisel planter; chisel plow

Chiseling and subsoiling

Chlorophenoxy herbicides

Cholera

Cholinesterase

Cholinesterase inhibitors

Chronic food insecurity

Chronic vulnerability

Chronic wasting disease (CWD)

Chuck Culver

Circle of poison

Circuit breaker tax relief

Circuit rider program

Circumvention

Citrus canker

Citrus tristeza (virus)

Civic agriculture

Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT)

Clarification

Class I (milk); (use)

Class I butterfat price

Class I differential(s)

Class I price

Class I price mover

Class I skim milk price

Class II (milk); (use)

Class II butterfat price

Class II nonfat solids price

Class II price

Class II skim milk price

Class III (milk); (use)

Class III butterfat price

Class III price

Class III protein price

Class III skim milk price

Class III-A

Class IV (milk); (use)

Class IV butterfat price

Class IV nonfat milk solids price

Class IV price

Class IV skim milk price

Class action

Class member(s)

Class price(s)

Class(es)

Classer

Classification(s); classifying

Classified

Classified price plan

Classified pricing

Classing

Clay(s)

Claypan

Clayton Act of 1914 (15 U.S.C. §§ 12-27)

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7671q)

Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA) (P.L. 92-500) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 to 1387)

Clean cultivation

Clean till(age); clean culture

Clean(ed)(s); cleaning

Cleaned-in-place (CIP)

Cleanliness (grain)

Clear-cut(ting)

Clearing and forwarding agent

Clearing margin(s)

Clearing member(s)

Clearinghouse

Climax species

Clip

Clone

Cloning

Close breeding

Close-ended grant(s)

Closed herd

Closing option transaction

Club wheat

Co-dominant

Co-packer

Co-packing

Co-precipitate(s)

CoBank

Coagulation; coagulate(s)

Coarse grains

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-583) (16 USC §§ 1451-1464)

Coastal plain(s)

Coastal waters

Coastal zone

Coated seed

Coccidiosis

Cochran Fellowship Program (7 U.S.C. § 3293)

Codex Alimentarius

Codling moth

Coggins test

Cohort

Cold germination test

Cold pasteurized

Cold storage

Colic

Coliform

Collateral acquisition

Collection

Collector well

Colleges of Veterinary Medicine

Colonias

Colony

Color (cotton)

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control program (CRSC)

Colorimeter

Colt

Comb(ing)

Combination rules

Combine header

Combine(s)

Combined medical and agricultural research pilot program (7 U.S.C. § 3174a(d))

Combing (wool)

Combing machine

Coming to the nuisance

Commenced-conversion wetland

Commensurate share

Commercial applicator(s)

Commercial elevator(s)

Commercial forestry

Commercial letter(s) of credit

Commercial warehouse(s)

Commercially sterile

Commercials

Commingled; commingled commodities

Comminute(d)

Commission merchant

Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture

Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations for Agriculture

Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT)

Commodity (trade) organization(s)

Commodity Assistance Programs (CAP)

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (P.L. 80-806)

Commodity Credit Corporation commercial credit

Commodity Credit Corporation sales price

Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (P. L.100-237)

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (P. L. 106-554)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reauthorization Act of 1995 (P.L.104-9)

Commodity Improvement Council (CIC)

Commodity Operations

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

Commodity certificate exchange

Commodity certificate(s)

Commodity distribution program(s)

Commodity distribution(s)

Commodity donations

Commodity futures

Commodity graders (grading)

Commodity group(s)

Commodity option(s)

Commodity pool

Commodity procurement

Commodity program(s)

Commodity research and promotion program(s)

Commodity(ies)

Commodity(ies) exchange

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Common external tariff (CET or CXT)

Common market(s)

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Community Facility Programs

Community Facility direct loan program

Community Facility grant program

Community Facility guaranteed loan program

Community Programs

Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-554)

Community and Private Land Fire Assistance program

Community development (element)

Community facilities (programs)

Community grazing allotment(s)

Community(ies)

Community-supported agriculture (CSA)

Compaction

Comparative advantage

Compensation

Compensation contract

Compensation for loss of quota asset value (peanuts)

Compensatory gain

Compensatory payment(s)

Competition

Competitive advantage

Competitive exclusion (CE)

Competitive grant(s)

Competitive imports

Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 450i et seq.)

Complementary foods

Complementary imports

Complete feed

Complete fertilizer(s)

Compliance

Component pricing

Components (milk)

Composite breed

Compost(ing)

Comprehensive Conservation Enhancement Program (CCEP)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund)

Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program (CSGWPP)

Comprehensive nutrient management plan (CNMP)

Compress standard density

Compress(ed) (cotton)

Compressed (wool)

Concentrate

Concentrated animal feeding operation(s) (CAFO)

Concentrated milk

Concentration

Concession(s)

Concessional sales

Conditional most-favored-nation treatment

Conditional registration

Conditioning

Condominium storage

Cone of depression

Confined livestock operation(s)

Confinement feeding operation(s)

Confirmed letter(s) of credit

Conformation

Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002

Conifer(s)

Conjunctive use

Consent decree

Conservation

Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program

Conservation Farm Option program (CFO)

Conservation Programs

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Conservation Security Program (CSP)

Conservation buffer(s) strip(s)

Conservation compliance

Conservation corridor(s)

Conservation crop rotation

Conservation district(s)

Conservation easement(s)

Conservation farm plan

Conservation impacts

Conservation innovation grants

Conservation management system

Conservation of Farmable Wetland

Conservation of Private Grazing Land Program (CPGL)

Conservation payments

Conservation plan(s)

Conservation practice(s)

Conservation priority area(s)

Conservation security contract(s)

Conservation security plan(s)

Conservation technical assistance (CTA)

Conservation till(age)

Conserving base

Conserving use(s) (acreage)

Considered planted

Considered planted (acreage) (tobacco)

Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001 (P.L. 106-554)

Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2000 (P.L. 106-113)

Consolidated Appropriations Bill, 2004 (P.L. 108-199)

Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (P.L. 108-7)

Consolidated Farm Service Agency (CFSA)

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (P.L. 87-128)

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-272)

Consolidated region(s)

Consolidated; consolidating (loan)

Consolidation

Construction of planting history

Constructive receipt

Consultation(s)

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Consumer Subsidy Equivalent(s) (CSE)

Consumer price index

Consumer-oriented foods

Contact herbicide

Contact insecticide

Contaminated grain

Contemporary group(s)

Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000

Continued dumping and subsidy offset

Continuing resolution

Continuous Conservation Reserve Program

Continuous coverage

Continuous grazing

Continuous inspection

Continuous sign-up (signup)

Continuous stocking

Contour buffer strip(s)

Contour farming

Contour grass strip(s)

Contour stripcropping

Contour(ing)

Contract acreage

Contract commodity(ies)

Contract crops

Contract farming

Contract grades

Contract grower

Contract month

Contract payment(s)

Contract production

Contract sanctity

Contract violations

Contract(s)

Control (commodity)

Control group

Control of plant gene expression

Controlled account

Controlled burning

Controlled experiment

Controlled grazing system

Controller(s) (tobacco)

Conventional agriculture

Conventional tillage

Convergence

Conversion

Converted wetland(s)

Cool-season grass(es)

Cooperating sponsor

Cooperative Extension Service (CES)

Cooperative Extension System (CES)

Cooperative Forestry (Assistance)

Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( P.L. 95-313) (16 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2111)

Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 (7 U.S.C. §§ 451 et. seq.)

Cooperative Marketing Association (program) (CMA)

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement(s) (CRADA)

Cooperative Services (programs) (CS)

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)

Cooperative association(s) (milk)

Cooperative forestry research

Cooperative management agreement

Cooperative pool(ing)

Cooperative(s)

Cooperator Program

Cooperator(s)

Coordinated resource management plan

Cord

Core testing

Corn Belt

Corn Refiners Association

Corn bin

Corn borer

Corn classes

Corn crib

Corn earworm

Corn gluten feed

Corn header

Corn-hog ratio

Cornish hen

Corporate farm(s)

Cosmetic appearance

Cost and freight (c&f; CNF)

Cost of foreclosure

Cost of money (CoM) loans

Cost of money (loan)

Cost of restructuring

Cost recovery

Cost(s) of production

Cost, Insurance, and Freight (c.i.f.)

Cost-benefit analysis

Cost-share payments

Cost-share(d); cost sharing

Cotton

Cotton Belt

Cotton agent(s)

Cotton classer; cotton grader

Cotton classing; cotton classification

Cotton growths

Cotton lint

Cotton marketing association

Cotton merchant

Cotton module

Cotton picking

Cotton product

Cotton user marketing certificates

Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program (COAP)

Cottonseed oil

Cottonseed; cotton seed

Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)

Counter-cyclical income assistance

Counter-cyclical payment(s) (CCP)

Counter-cyclical safety net

Counter-cyclical savings accounts

Countertrade

Countervailing duty (duties) (CVD); countervailing measure(s)

Country elevator(s)

Country schedule

Country-of-origin labeling (COOL)

County Executive Director(s) (CED)

County Extension agent(s)

County agent(s)

County average

County average yield(s)

County committee(s) (COC)

County loan rate

County office(s)

County price

Coupled

Coupon

Cover crop(s)

Cover cropping

Cover(s)

Cover-management (factor) (C)

Coverage level(s)

Covered agricultural commodities (planting flexibility)

Covered benefits

Covered commodity(ies)

Covered crop(s)

Covered lagoon

Covered program

Covered wheat

Cow(s)

Cow-calf operation

Crambe

Crazy cotton

Credit (supervised)

Credit elsewhere test

Credit quality

Credit sales of acquired property loans

Credit-line operating loan(s)

Creep feed

Creep feeder

Creep grazing

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

Crimp

Crinkle

Criteria air pollutants

Critical Agricultural Materials Act (P. L. 98-284) (7 U.S.C. §§ 178 et seq.)

Critical Habitat Reserve Program (CHRP)

Critical control points (CCP)

Critical emerging issues

Critical habitat

Crop Disaster Program (CDP)

Crop Loss Disaster Assistance Program (CLDAP)

Crop Moisture Index (CMI)

Crop Production Prospective Plantings: Supplement

Crop Production - Acreage Supplement

Crop Production - Annual Summary

Crop Production - Monthly

Crop Production - Small Grains: Supplement

Crop Production - Winter Wheat and Rye Seedings: Supplement

Crop Progress

Crop Values

Crop Year 2001 Agricultural Economic Assistance Act

Crop acreage base (CAB)

Crop and Pasture Flood Compensation Program

Crop failure

Crop hail insurance

Crop improvement associations

Crop insurance

Crop insurance contract(s)

Crop isolation

Crop loan

Crop of economic significance

Crop production

Crop profiles

Crop protectant

Crop reports

Crop residue(s)

Crop revenue coverage (CRC)

Crop rotation(s)

Crop tree crown release

Crop trees

Crop year(s)

Crop-share lease

Cropland(s)

Cropped wetland

Cropping history

Cropping system(s)

Crops at Risk (CAR)

Cross-compliance

Cross-hedge; cross-hedging

Cross-wind ridge

Cross-wind stripcropping

Cross-wind trap strips

Crossbreeding; crossbred(s)

Crossing permit

Crown

Crude fiber (CF)

Crude protein (CP)

Cruise

Crush margin (soybeans)

Crush spread (soybeans)

Crush(ed)(ing)

Crust(s)(ed)(ing)

Crustbusting

Crutchings

Cryobranding

Cryptosporidium parvum; C. parvum

Cryptosporidosis

Cud

Cull trees

Cull(ed)(ing)

Culling rate

Cultipacker seeder

Cultivar(s)

Cultivate(d)(ing); cultivation

Cultural method(s)

Cultural pest control

Cultural practice(s) (CP)

Culture(d)

Cumulative risk(s)

Cup(ped) (insurance)

Curd

Curdling; curdle(s); curdled

Curing (tobacco)

Current Research Information System (CRIS)

Current slaughter week

Current-use assessment(s)

Curriculum and Training Clearinghouse

Custom farming

Custom feeding

Custom harvesting

Custom hire; custom work

Customer margin(s)

Customs

Customs harmonization

Customs union(s)

Cut flowers

Cut greens

Cutability

Cutter(s) and canner(s)

Cutting loss

Cutworm(s)

Cytokines

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