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Glossary of Agricultural Terms

This glossary was prepared by CRS's Agriculture and Food Section under the direction of Jasper Womach, Agricultural Policy Specialist. The link will take the user to the website of the House Committee on Agriculture, which has posted an electronic, searchable version of the glossary there. From: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 3rd Edition, CRS Report 97-905(pdf). The Second Edition is available online in pdf form at the House Agriculture website. A 1997 HTML version is available on the NCSE website.

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Page last updated February 13, 2001.

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