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Abandonment
Definition:
Land where no management or maintenance operation has been applied for 5 consecutive years.
Source:
Agren
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Adjusted market price
Definition:
The value of a comparable property after adjustments have been made for differences between it and the subject property.
Source:
ISU
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Adjusted sale price
Definition:
The sales price of a property less commissions, fix-up expenses, and closing costs.
Source:
ISU
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Administrative Record
Definition:
All the materials maintained by the Secretary related to a technical determination or decision. This case record includes both the agency record and the hearing record and all other applicable materials.
Source:
NRCS
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Administrator
Definition:
The Administrator of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), or designee.
Source:
NRCS
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Adverse Determination or Decision
Definition:
A decision made by an officer, employee or agency that is adverse to the participant.
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
APFO
Word:
Aerial Photography Field Office
Definition:
Farm Service Agency (FSA)'s photo lab
Source:
NRCS
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Affiliated Persons
Definition:
These persons include a spouse and minor children along with any estate, partnerships and joint ventures in which an individual, spouse or minor child has an interest; and corporations in which any of these individuals have more than a 20 percent interest.
Source:
ISU
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Agribusiness
Definition:
a way of farming that combines agriculture and business and usually involves large amounts of land, animals, and expensive technology
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Agricultural Commodity
Definition:
Any crop planted and produced by annual tilling of the soil or tilling on an annual basis by one-trip planters, or alfalfa, and other multi-year grasses and legumes in rotation.
Source:
NRCS
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Agricultural Land
Definition:
Cropland, rangeland, pastureland, forest land, and other land on which crops, livestock, food, fiber, and other agricultural products are produced. . This also includes tree farms.
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
AMA
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Agricultural Management Assistance
Definition:
This is a program administered by the federal governemnt. It is available only in 15 states and addresses water quality concerns, soil erosion, and the transition to organic farming. This program is available on cropland, rangeland, and forestland. It provides cost-share payments, technical assistance, and incentive payments to landowners.
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Agricultural Operation
Definition:
A parcel of land constituting a cohesive management unit for agricultural purposes.
Source:
NRCS
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Alley-cropping (for CRP purposes)
Definition:
The practice of planting rows of trees surrounded by a strip of vegetative cover, which alternates with a wider strip of an agricultural commodity.
Source:
NRCS
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Alluvion
Definition:
The increase of land when waterborne soil is gradually deposited.
Source:
ISU
Acronym:
ACS
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Alternative Conservation System
Definition:
A conservation system for treating sheet, rill, wind, and ephemeral gully erosion on highly erodible land which achieves a substantial reduction in soil loss rates.
Acronym:
AFO
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Animal Feeding Operation
Definition:
Facilities where animals are kept and raised in buildings or pens and feed is brought to them. When large enough, these facilities are designated as
Source:
Our Ohio
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Animal Unit
Definition:
One thousand pounds of live weight of any given livestock species or any combination of livestock species.
Source:
NRCS
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Animal Waste Management Facility
Definition:
A structural practice used for the storage or treatment of animal waste.
Source:
NRCS
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Annual Rental Payment
Definition:
The annual payment specified by the government farm program contract which is made to a landowner to compensate for setting land aside from production. An example program is the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program)
Source:
NRCS
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Appeal
Definition:
A written request by a participant asking for a review when an agency has made an adverse technical determination or an adverse technical decision.
Source:
ISU
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Applicant
Definition:
A person who request cost-sharing for a practice. An individual that has requested to participate in a conservation program.
Source:
NRCS
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Approving Official
Definition:
The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) employee authorized to sign conservation program contracts, contract modifications, and payment requests as assigned permission in ProTracts.
Source:
NRCS
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Aquaculture
Definition:
The production of aquatic plants or animals in a controlled environment, such as ponds, raceways, tanks or cages. Species includes alligators, hybrid striped bass, carp, eel, red fish, northern pike, sturgeon and tilapia.
Source:
Our Ohio
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Aquatic Systems
Definition:
Refers to ecological systems where the regular or occasional presence of water is the dominant factor determining the characteristics of the site.
Source:
NRCS
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Aquifer
Definition:
An underground geological formation containing groundwater that can supply wells or springs for domestic, industrial and irrigation uses.
Source:
Our Ohio
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Areawide Conservation Plan
Definition:
A plan for a watershed that address all resources identified, and contains alternative solutions, criteria for each resource, and applicable laws and regulations.
Source:
NRCS
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Arid Area
Definition:
Acreage located west of the 100th meridian that receives less than 25 inches of average annual precipitation.
Source:
NRCS
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Artificial and modified surfaces
Definition:
Land that consists of roads and right-of ways, building, parking lots, farmsteads and ranch headquarters, urban and built-up areas, small built-up areas, rural transportation, and any other buildings that have a surface area greater than 1,000 square feet.
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
AI
Word:
Artificial Insemination
Definition:
Artificial insemination (AI) is the mechanical injection of semen into the womb of the female animal with a syringe-like apparatus.
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As-Built Information
Definition:
Engineering plans or drawings that indicate how the wetland manipulations were performed or field investigations that provide information on wetland manipulation as it currently exists.
Source:
NRCS
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Assessed value
Definition:
A value placed on a property for the purpose of taxation.
Source:
ISU
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Assessment appeal board
Definition:
Local government body that hears and rules on property owner complaints of over assessment.
Source:
ISU
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Assessment roll
Definition:
A book that contains the assessed value of each property in the county or taxing district.
Source:
ISU
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At-risk Species
Definition:
Any plant or animal species that needs intervention to stop its population decline before it become endangered.
Source:
NRCS
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Average Cost
Definition:
The calculated cost, determined by averaging recent actual costs and current cost estimates, considered necessary for a participant to carry out a conservation practice.
Source:
NRCS