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Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

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NAD

NOAA weather radio (NWR)

NPDES permit

NRSP-7

Named peril(s) insurance

National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF)

National Advisory Council on Commodity Distribution

National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant and Fetal Nutrition

National Ag Risk Education Library

National Agricultural Library (NAL)

National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP)

National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1981 (P.L. 97-98)

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985 (P.L. 99-198) (7 U.S.C. §§ 4701-4710)

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA) (P.L. 95-113)

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

National Animal Damage Control Advisory Committee

National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS)

National Appeals Division (NAD)

National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-362) (16 U.S.C. §§ 2801 et seq.)

National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG)

National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences

National Bank for Cooperatives

National Board on Rural America

National Boll Weevil Eradication Program

National Broiler Council (NBC)

National Cattle Evaluation

National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA)

National Center of Excellence program (NCE)

National Cheese Exchange (NCE)

National Chicken Council (NCC)

National Commission on Small Farms

National Competitive Research Initiative

National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS)

National Conference on Rural America

National Conservation Buffer Initiative

National Conservation Priority Area

National Conservation Program

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

National Cotton Council of America (NCC)

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC)

National Cropland Acreage (NCA)

National Dairy Market Loss payments

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board

National Dairy Promotion and Research Program

National Drought Council (Interim)

National Drought Policy Act of 1998 (P.L.105-199)

National Drought Policy Commission (NDPC)

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (P.L. 91-190) (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347)

National Farmers Organization (NFO)

National Farmers Union (NFU)

National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board

National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI)

National Forest Management Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-588)

National Forest System

National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-624) (7 U.S.C. §§ 6611 et seq.)

National Forest-dependent rural community(ies)

National Genetics Resources Advisory Council

National Genetics Resources Program (NGRP)

National Grange

National List

National List of Allowed Synthetic and Prohibited Non-Synthetic Substances

National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances

National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)

National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-445)

National Office of Outreach

National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program

National Organic Program (NOP)

National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)

National Partnership Office (NPO)

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)

National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

National Research Initiative (competitive grants program) (NRI)

National Research Support Project No. 7 (NRSP-7)

National Research and Teaching Centennial Centers

National Research and Training Virtual Center(s)

National Resources Inventory (NRI)

National Rural Development Council (NRDC)

National Rural Development Partnership (NRDP)

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse (7 U.S.C. § 3125b))

National Rural Telework Institute

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC)

National School Lunch Act (P.L. 79-396)

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

National Sheep Industry Improvement Center

National Tobacco Growers' Settlement Trust

National Turkey Federation (NTF)

National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)

National Water Quality Inventory

National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)

National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee

National Wool Act Amendments of 1993 (P.L. 103-130)

National Wool Act of 1954 (P.L. 83-690)

National average loan rate(s)

National average market price

National average yield

National basic quota (tobacco)

National charter

National farm program acreage

National forest(s)

National grassland(s)

National initiatives (Extension)

National marketing quota(s)

National organic standards

National poundage quota

National treatment

Nationwide permit(s)

Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act (P.L. 95-592) (7 U.S.C. §§ 178 et seq.)

Native pasture

Native vegetation

Natural

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Natural Resources and Environment

Natural farming

Natural fermentation

Natural resource district

Natural resource management plans

Nature farming

Naval Stores Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 91-99)

Naval stores

Necrosis

Negotiable marketing certificate(s)

Negotiated purchase

Negotiated sale

Nematicides

Nematode(s)

Nematologist

Nep(s)

Nest-run eggs

Nested

Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA)

Net book premium

Net cash income

Net farm income

Net income

Net pen

Net realized losses (reimbursements)

Net value-added

Net worth

Network

New crops

New farm (tobacco)

New microorganisms

New money

Newcastle disease

Newly industrialized country(ies) (NIC)

Niche market(ing) (grain)

Nitrate

Nitrogen (N)

Nitrogen fixation

No Observable (Adverse) Effect Level (NOEL/NOAEL)

No-Net-Cost Tobacco Program Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-218)

No-cost (sugar)

No-net-cost

No-net-cost programs

No-net-loss wetland(s) policy

No-till

No-till fallow

Noil

Nominal rate of interest

Nominal tariff rate

Non ambulatory disabled livestock

Non-ambulatory livestock

Non-native species

Non-storage agricultural product

Nonagricultural substance

Nonbasic commodity(ies)

Noncompetitive imports

Nonconserving use

Noncontract crops

Noncredit benefit(s)

Nondegradation standard

Nonexclusive branded variety(ies)

Nonfarm income

Nonfat dry milk (NFDM and NDM)

Nonfat milk solids; nonfat solids

Nonfat solids price

Nonfed cattle

Nonforest land

Nongovernmental organization(s) (NGO)

Nongrade standards

Nonindigenous species

Nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF)

Noninsurable crops

Noninsured (Crop Disaster) Assistance Program (NAP)

Noninsured (crop disaster) assistance program (NAP) area

Noninterest income

Nonmoney (farm) income

Nonparticipating farm(s)

Nonpoint Source Hydrologic Unit Areas (HUA) projects

Nonpoint source pollution (NSP)

Nonpool plant

Nonpotable reuse

Nonprice promotion program

Nonprogram acres

Nonprogram crops

Nonquota peanuts

Nonrecourse loan(s)

Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans

Nonrenewable grazing permits and leases

Nonselective herbicide

Nontarget organisms

Nontariff trade barriers (NTB)

Nonthreshold effect; nonthreshold

Nontraditional crop(s)

Nonwetland

Normal crop acreage (NCA)

Normal farming practices

Normal flex acres (acreage); normal flexible acres (acreage) (NFA)

Normal production

Normal supply

Normal trade relations (NTR)

Normal year's domestic consumption

Normal year's exports

Normal yield

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 103-182)

Northeast Dairy Compact

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact

Northern Europe; Northern Europe price (NE)

Northern Great Plains Regional Authority

Notification process

Noxious weed(s)

Nucleic acid (based) assay(s)

Nuisance

Numerical grades

Nurse female

Nurse litter (swine)

Nursery crop(s); greenhouse crop(s)

Nursery pig(s)

Nursery stock

Nursery(ies)

Nutraceutical(s)

Nutrient Management Plan (NMP)

Nutrient Management Research and Extension Initiative (7 U.S.C. § 5925a)

Nutrient bank(ing)

Nutrient density

Nutrient management

Nutrient pollution

Nutrient(s)

Nutrition Education Program

Nutrition Education and Training (NET)

Nutrition Information and Awareness Pilot Program

Nutrition Initiative

Nutrition Program for the Elderly (NPE)

Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)

Nutrition assistance

Nutrition assistance programs

Nutrition(al) security

Nutritionist

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