Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program — The Direct and Counter cyclical Payment Program (DCP) of the USDA provides payments to eligible producers on farms enrolled for the 2002 through 2007 crop years. There are two types of DCP payments – direct payments and counter cyclical payments … Wikipedia
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market — Usually refers to the equity market. The market went down today means that the value of the stock market dropped that day. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. market mar‧ket 1 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… … Financial and business terms
Deficiency payments — In the United States, deficiency payments are direct government payments made to farmers who participated in annual commodity programs for wheat, feed grains, rice, or cotton, prior to 1996. The crop specific deficiency payment rate was based on… … Wikipedia
Market transition payments — (referred to variously as AMTA payments, contract payments, or production flexibility contract payments) are made to farmers under Title I (the Agriculture Market Transition Act, or AMTA) of the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104 127). These payments were… … Wikipedia
Milk Income Loss Contract Payments — Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Payments is the name given by USDA to the dairy farmer counter cyclical payments program, authorized by the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107 171, Sec. 1502, 7 U.S.C. 7982). Under the program, dairy farmers nationwide are… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or … Wikipedia
This article incorporates public domain material from the Congressional Research Service document "Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition" by Jasper Womach.
