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Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

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F.A.S.

F.O.B.

F.S.T. (F.O.B., Stowed, Trimmed)

FAS Outreach Program

FFA

FIREWISE

Fabrication

Face

Facilitator(s)

Facilities guarantees

Factor of production

Factory farm

Facultative bacteria

Facultative wetland plants

Failed acres(s); acreage

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) (29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.)

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (P.L. 89-755) (15 U.S.C. §§ 1451 et seq.)

Fair market value

Fallow

False packed cotton

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-554) (28 U.S.C. §§ 581 et seq.)

Family farm corporation

Family farm(s)

Famine Early Warning System (FEWS)

Famine foods

Fannie Mae

Farm Aid

Farm Bureau

Farm Costs and Returns Survey

Farm Credit Act of 1933

Farm Credit Act of 1971 (P.L. 92-181)

Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

Farm Credit Amendments Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-205)

Farm Credit Bank(s) (FCB)

Farm Credit Council (FCC)

Farm Credit Leasing Services Corporation

Farm Credit System (FCS)

Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation (FAC)

Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC)

Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-105)

Farm Credit association(s) (institutions)

Farm Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-45)

Farm Link

Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-577)

Farm Program Payment Reserve (FPPR)

Farm Safety Net Initiative

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171)

Farm Service Agency (FSA)

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL; FSFLP)

Farm Viability Program

Farm acreage base

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)

Farm and Ranch Risk Management accounts (FARRM)

Farm assets

Farm bank(s)

Farm bargaining association(s)

Farm bill

Farm consumption

Farm counter-cyclical savings accounts

Farm debt(s)

Farm equity

Farm gate price

Farm groups

Farm income

Farm input(s)

Farm labor contracting activity

Farm labor contractor(s)

Farm labor housing loans and grants

Farm labor(ers)

Farm marketing quota

Farm number

Farm operating loan(s)

Farm operator(s)

Farm organization(s)

Farm ownership loan(s) (FO)

Farm poundage quota(s) (peanuts)

Farm product(s)

Farm program acreage

Farm program payment yield(s)

Farm program(s)

Farm revenue insurance (assurance)

Farm safety program

Farm sector balance sheets

Farm serial number (FSN)

Farm size

Farm structure

Farm weight

Farm(s)

Farm-A-Syst

Farm-raised fish

Farm-related income

Farm-to-plant adjustment factor

Farm-to-plant loss adjustment

Farm-to-plant loss(es)

Farmable Wetland Pilot Project (FWP)

Farmed wetland pasture

Farmed wetland(s) (FW)

Farmer Mac

Farmer Mac I

Farmer Mac II

Farmer program loan(s)

Farmer savings account(s)

Farmer-Owned Reserve (FOR)

Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (P. L. 94-463) (7 U.S.C. §§ 3001 et seq.)

Farmer-to-Farmer Program (FTF)

Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

Farmers' Market Promotion Program

Farmers' market(s)

Farmers' stock peanuts

Farming occupation farm(s)

Farming system

Farmland Protection Policy Act (P.L. 97-98)

Farmland Protection Program (FPP)

Farmland of local importance

Farmland of statewide importance

Farmland preservation

Farmland protection

Farmland protection policy

Farmland(s)

Farmstead

Farmstead equipment

Farmstead windbreak

Farrow to finish

Farrow(ing)(ings)(ed)

Farrowing date(s)

Farrowing frequency

Farrowing index

Farrowing interval

Farrowing rate

Fast-track (negotiating authority)

Fat

Fat cattle

Fat free

Fat-Free Lean Index (FFLI)

Fat-skim pricing

Fatty acid(s)

Feathers

Fecal coliform bacteria

Fed beef

Fed cattle

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)

Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIR) (P.L. 104-127)

Federal Crop Insurance

Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-365) (7 U.S.C. §§ 1501 et seq.)

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC)

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation price

Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-354)

Federal Crop Insurance program

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation

Federal Farm Loan Act (FFLA)

Federal Food Safety Coalition

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (FFDCA) (P.L. 75-717)

Federal Grain Inspection Advisory Committee

Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

Federal Import Milk Act of 1927 (21 U.S.C. §§ 141-149)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (P.L. 80-104)

Federal Intermediate Credit Bank(s) (FICB)

Federal Land Bank Association(s) (FLBA)

Federal Land Bank(s) (FLB)

Federal Land Credit Association(s) (FLCA)

Federal Land Management Policy Act (FLMPA)

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (P.L. No. 94-579)

Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (P.L. 59-242) (21 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq.)

Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-629) (7 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2814)

Federal Pesticide Recordkeeping Program

Federal Plant Pest Act (P.L. 85-36) (7 U.S.C. §§ 150aa-150jj)

Federal Seed Act of 1939 (7 U.S.C. §§ 1551 et. seq.)

Federal mark of inspection

Federal marketing order(s)

Federal marketing order(s) and agreement(s)

Federal milk marketing order(s)

Federal reserved water

Federal-State Cooperative Inspection plants

Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP)

Fee income

Feed Cost-sharing Program

Feed Outlook

Feed additive(s)

Feed bank

Feed bunk

Feed conversion

Feed conversion ratio (FCR)

Feed disappearance

Feed efficiency

Feed grain(s); feedgrain(s)

Feed grains program

Feed lot(s); feedlot(s)

Feed processing

Feed ratio

Feed supplement(s)

Feed(s)

Feeder cattle

Feeder lambs

Feeder pigs

Feeder(s)

Feedlot costs

Feedstuff(s)

Felting (property)

Fermentation

Fertilizer response function

Fertilizer(s)

Fescue toxicity

Fiber diameter (wool)

Fiber length (cotton)

Fiber measurements (cotton)

Fiber properties

Fiber quality

Fiber strength (cotton)

Fiber(s)

Field Service Center

Field border(s)

Field day(s)

Field run

Field windbreak

Field work

Field worker(s)

Fifth wheel

Fill-of-container standard(s)

Filled Milk Act of 1923 (21 U.S.C. §§ 61-64)

Filled cheese

Filled milk

Filler

Filly

Filter strip(s)

Final planting date (crop insurance)

Financial Assistance Corporation (FAC)

Financial instrument(s)

Financial risk

Financially related services (FRS)

Findley loan rate

Findley payment(s)

Findley provision

Fingerlings

Finish(ed)(ing)

Finished beef

Finisher feed

Finisher pig(s)

Fire ant(s)

Fire-cured tobacco

Firebreak

First crop

First handler(s)

First pick(ing)

First purchaser

First purchaser(s) (peanuts)

First-last grazing

First-time loan commodities

First-time loan commodities (special rule)

Fiscal year(s) (federal) (FY)

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Fish farming

Fish hatchery(ies)

Fish meal

Fish pond(s)

Fish-Rice Rotation Farming Program Act (P.L. 85-342) (16 U.S.C. §§ 778-778c)

Fit the box

Fixed costs

Fixed price (cotton)

Fixed price contract(s)

Fixing

Flaking

Flaming

Flash pasteurization

Flat or modified flat bale; flat/modified flat bale

Flat storage

Flatwoods

Flavored milk

Flaxseed

Fleece wool

Fleece(s)

Flex acres (acreage); flexible acres (acreage)

Flex(ing); flexing out; flex option

Flexibility

Flexible lease(s)

Flexible marketing allotment(s) (sugar)

Flood Compensation Program (FCP)

Flood Plain Management Assistance

Flood Risk Reduction Program (FRRP)

Flood irrigation

Flood plain(s); floodplain(s)

Flooding

Floor broker(s)

Floor sweepings

Floor trader(s)

Flora

Floral crops

Floriculture

Floriculture and environmental horticulture crops

Flow to market

Flow-through provisions

Flow-through raceway; flow-through system

Flue-cured Tobacco Warehouse Designation Program

Flue-cured tobacco

Fluid (grade) milk

Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Program

Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990 ( P.L. 101-624) (7 U.S.C. §§ 6401-6417)

Fluid cream product

Fluid milk processor(s)

Fluid milk product(s)

Flush

Flush irrigation

Flush season

Flush system

Foal

Foliage plants

Food Additives Amendment of 1958 (P.L. 85-929)

Food Aid Consultative Group (7 U.S.C. § 1725)

Food Aid Convention (FAC)

Food Assistance in Disaster Situations

Food Code

Food Distribution 2000

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

Food Emergency Rapid Response and Evaluation Team (FERRET)

Food Guide Pyramid

Food Institute (FI)

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) (P.L. 104-170)

Food Safety

Food Safety (program)

Food Safety Coalition

Food Safety Commission

Food Safety Initiative

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198)

Food Security Commodity Reserve

Food Security Improvements Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-260)

Food Security Wheat Reserve of 1980

Food Stamp Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-525)

Food Stamp Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-113) (7 USC §§ 2011 et seq.)

Food Stamp Program (FSP)

Food additive(s)

Food aid program(s)

Food and Agricultural Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-321)

Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program

Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-703)

Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-113)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Food and Consumer Service (F&CS)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Food and agricultural science(s)

Food circle

Food deficit countries

Food distribution

Food distribution program(s)

Food donation program

Food fish

Food fish industry (warmwater)

Food for Development (program)

Food for Peace program

Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. §§ 1736o)

Food for Progress Program (FFP)

Food grain(s)

Food insecurity

Food irradiation

Food plot

Food power

Food security

Food stamp(s)

Food stamp(s)

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (FACTA) (P.L.101-624)

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

Foodborne Outbreak Response Coordinating Group (FORC-G)

Foodborne illness(es)

Foodshed

Foodsize (catfish)

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)

Forage Value Index (FVI)

Forage allowance

Forage(s)

Forbearance; forbear

Forbs

Force majeure

Forced fermentation

Forced molting

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs

Foreign Market Development Program (Cooperator Program) (FMD) (FMDCP)

Foreign animal diseases (FAD)

Foreign material

Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP)

Forest Legacy Program (FLP)

Forest Products Conservation and Recycling program

Forest Service (FS)

Forest Service Payments to States

Forest Stewardship Program (FSP)

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-378) (16 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.)

Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-307) (16 U.S.C. §§ 1641-1649)

Forest farming

Forest grazing

Forest land(s)

Forest management

Forest management plan (FMP)

Forest practice

Forest product(s)

Forest residuals

Forest-dependent community

Forestation

Forestry

Forestry Incentives Program (FIP)

Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC)

Forestry colleges or programs (forestry schools)

Forfeit(ed); forfeiture

Form A loan

Form G loan

Formula funds

Formula grant(s)

Formula loan rate

Formula marketing arrangement

Formula price

Formula; formulated (cattle)

Formulation (feed)

Fortification; food fortification; fortified

Forward Price Contract Pilot Program

Forward contract(s)(ing)

Forward creep (grazing)

Forward market

Forward price contract

Forward pricing

Forward selling

Fossil fuel(s)

Foundation Livestock Relief (Cost-Share) Program (FLRP)

Foundation beef herd

Foundation flock

Foundation herd; foundation flock

Foundation seed

Fragile land(s)

Frame score

Frankenfoods

Freddie Mac

Free Along Side (F.A.S.)

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Free carrier

Free choice

Free market

Free on Board (F.O.B.)

Free radicals

Free range

Free rider

Free roam

Free stocks (supply)

Free trade area(s)

Free zone

Free-use grazing permits

Freedom to Farm

Freestall barn

Freeze brand(s)(ing)

Fresh market vegetables

Fresh poultry

Fresh weight

Fresh-cut vegetables (fresh-processed)

Friable

Fringe area(s)

Frontal grazing

Frontier area(s)

Frowzy

Frozen poultry

Fructose

Fruit fly(ies)

Fry

Fryer(s)

Fryer-roaster turkey

Fuel cell

Fuelwood

Fulling

Fumigant(s)

Fumonisin(s)

Functional foods

Fund for Rural America

Fundamental research

Fundamental(s) (side of the market)

Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply

Fungible

Fungicide(s)

Furrow irrigation

Furrow slice

Furrow(s)

Further processing (processed)

Fusarium

Future Farmers of America (FFA)

Futures

Futures Trading Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-641)

Futures commodity

Futures contract(s)

Futures exchange(s)

Futures market(s)

Futures price

Futures trading

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