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Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy

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R (rainfall-runoff erosivity factor)

RAMP

RNA (ribonucleic acid)

Raceway(s)

Rainfall-runoff erosivity (factor) (R)

Raised (inventory)

Rake

Ram(s)

Random sampling (scouting)

Range

Range condition(s)

Range improvement(s)

Range(land) management

Rangeland(s)

Rapeseed

Rapid assay(s)

Raptors

Rate of return on assets (ROA)

Rate of return on equity (ROE)

Ration conditioners

Ration(s)

Ratite

Ratoon crop(ping)

Raw agricultural commodity(ies) (RAC)

Raw cane sugar

Raw sugar

Raw value

Re-establish(ed) species

Real estate loans

Real rate of interest

Reamortization; reamortized

Reasonable certainty of no harm

Reassignment of deficits

Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration (RPAR)

Recall (meat and poultry)

Recapture

Recapture event

Recapture payment(s)

Receiving station (milk)

Receiving stations (tobacco)

Recessive; recessive gene(s)

Reciprocity

Recirculating systems

Reclaimed water

Reclamation

Reclamation Recycling and Water Conservation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-266)

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-293) (43 U.S.C. §§ 390aa to zz-l)

Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Studies and Facilities Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-575)

Reclamation districts

Recombinant DNA (rDNA)

Reconcentration

Reconstitute(d); reconstitution

Reconstituted milk

Recorded yield

Recourse Loan Program for Commercial Processors of Dairy Product

Recourse loan(s)

Recourse seed cotton loans

Red meat(s)

Red rice

Redeem(ed) (loans)

Redleg

Redry(ied)(ing)(ies)

Reduced acres

Reduced fat

Reduced lactose milk

Reduced yield (disaster payments)

Reduced-till(age)

Reference sire

Referendum

Refined Sugar Re-Export Program

Refined sugar

Reforestation Trust Fund

Reforestation; reafforestation

Refuge(s) (Bt)

Regenerative (sustainable) agriculture

Regional (investment) board(s)

Regional Pest Management Centers

Regional aquaculture centers

Regional economic integration (REI)

Registered cattle

Registered pesticides

Registered seed(s)

Registration (pesticides)

Regolith

Rehabilitation (watershed structure)

Rehabilitation of Aging Dams

Reimbursement for net realized losses

Reinsurance year

Reinsurance; reinsured

Reinsured (crop insurance) policy; reinsurance policy

Reinsured (reinsurance) company(ies); reinsurers; reinsured

Related Agencies

Related natural resources

Relay cropping

Release price

Remote sensing

Render(ing)(ed)

Renderer

Renewable (natural) resource(s)

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program

Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-306) (16 U.S.C. §§ 1671 et seq.)

Renewable energy

Renewable energy systems

Renewal Communities (RC)

Renewed enrollment

Rennet

Rennet casein

Rental assistance

Renting quota (tobacco)

Reorganization (USDA)

Repair loans and grants

Repayment (of advance payments)

Replacement(s)

Replant(ing); replanted crop

Report language

Reporting day

Reprocessing

Request to lock-in

Reregistration

Rescheduling; rescheduled (loan)

Research Facilities Act (P.L. 88B74) (7 U.S.C. §§ 390 et. seq.)

Research Support Agreement (RSA)

Research and promotion order

Research capacity

Research equipment grants

Research, Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS)

Research, Education, and Economics, USDA (REE)

Reservation extension agent(s)

Reserve

Reserve land(s)

Reserve pool

Reserve stock level

Reserve supply level

Reserved water

Residence Instruction Grants for Insular Areas

Resident grading (and quality control)

Residential/lifestyle farm(s)

Residual market

Residual supplier

Residue management

Residue management (seasonal)

Residue processing

Residue(s)

Resistance

Resistance (pesticides)

Resistance management plans (Bt)

Resistant

Resource Conservation and Development Policy Advisory Board (PAB) (16 U.S.C. § 3457)

Resource Conservation and Development Program (RC&D)

Resource conservation and development loans

Resource conservation district

Resource conserving crop

Resource conserving crop rotation

Resource management plan (RMP)

Resource management system

Resources

Rest

Restoration (food)

Restricted eggs

Restricted-entry interval

Restricted-use pesticides (registration)

Restrictive agreements

Restrictive business practice(s) (RBP)

Restructure(d); restructuring

Retail cuts

Retain(s)

Retained (crop insurance)

Retaliation

Retentate

Retirement farm(s)

Return flow

Revenue assurance (RA)

Revenue assurance with harvest price option (RA-HPO; RA-HP)

Revenue insurance

Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)

Revolving line of credit (RLOC)

Rework

Rhizosphere

Rice Millers' Association (RMA)

Rice Production Act of 1975 (P.L. 94B214)

Rice blast

Rice bran

Rice classes

Rice program

Rice types

Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (RBRNSLA)

Rick compactor

Rick(s)

Ridge-till(age)

Riding the pool

Right-hand side

Right-to-farm law

Rill erosion

Ring spinning

Ringspot

Riparian

Riparian (water) rights

Riparian areas

Riparian buffer(s)

Riparian forest buffer(s)

Riparian forests

Riparian management zone(s)

Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program (RAMP)

Risk Management Agency (RMA)

Risk Management Education Initiative

Risk analysis

Risk assessment

Risk characterization

Risk communication

Risk cup

Risk management

Risk management education (RME)

Risk of loss

Risk subsidy

Risk-adjusted assets

Risk-benefit analysis

Roadside stand(s)

Rodenticides

Rogue (plants)

Roguing

Roll over (a hedge)

Roll-Over Protection (ROPS)

Roller

Roller (type) gin(s)

Roller mill

Rot(s)

Rotary barn

Rotary hoe(s)

Rotation(s)

Rotational crossbreeding

Rotational grazing

Rotational irrigation

Rotor spinning

Rough rice

Rough trees

Roughage

Round I Empowerment Zones (rural)

Round I Enterprise Communities (rural)

Round II Rural Empowerment Zones

Round III Empowerment Zones

Round IIS Rural Enterprise Communities

Round lot

Round(s)

Roundup Ready (gene)

Roundup Ready cotton

Roundup Ready soybeans

Roundwood

Route disposition

Row crops

Row dividers

Rumen

Ruminant(s)

Runoff

Rural

Rural Abandoned Mine Program (RAMP)

Rural Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Program

Rural Business Enterprise grants (RBEG)

Rural Business Investment Program

Rural Business Opportunity grants (RBOG)

Rural Business and Industry loans

Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS)

Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP)

Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP)

Rural Community Assistance programs

Rural Cooperative Development grants

Rural Development (USDA)

Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Rural Development Centers

Rural Development Insurance Fund (RDIF)

Rural Development Programs

Rural Development Through Forestry (RDTF)

Rural Development/Intermediary Relending Program

Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) (zones) (initiative)

Rural Economic Development Act of 1990

Rural Economic Development loans and grants

Rural Economic and Community Development (RECD)

Rural Economic and Community Development Programs

Rural Electric Cooperative distribution system

Rural Electric Cooperative(s) (REC)

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S. Code, Chapter 31, §§ 901-950b)

Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

Rural Empowerment Zone

Rural Enterprise Community

Rural Enterprise Development grants

Rural Firefighters and Emergency Personnel grants (program)

Rural Health and Safety Education

Rural Housing Service (RHS)

Rural Housing Site loans

Rural Strategic Investment Program

Rural Telephone Bank (RTB)

Rural Telephone Bank loan program

Rural Utilities Service (RUS)

Rural Venture Capital Demonstration Program

Rural Water Circuit Rider (Technical Assistance) Program

Rural Water and Wastewater Circuit Rider Program

Rural area(s)

Rural bank(s)

Rural broadband access

Rural business concern

Rural community(ies)

Rural development

Rural electronic commerce extension program

Rural housing grants

Rural housing loans (Farm Credit System)

Rural housing loans (Rural Housing Service)

Rural housing loans and grants (RHS)

Rural rental housing loans

Rural residence

Rural telework

Rural utilities programs

Rural youth loans

Russian wheat aphid

Rust(s)

Rye

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