Acronym:
DFN
Word:
Debt for Nature Program
Definition:
The Debt for Nature Program (DFN) is available to persons with Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans. This program allows landowners to cancel a portion of their debt in exchange for the development rights to the land. The contract is an agreement that restricts the type and amount of development allowed for a term of 10, 30, or 50 years. The landowner maintains private ownership and rights to the land.
Word:
Decision
Definition:
A conclusion reached by an official of Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) based on applicable regulations and program instructions. This may relate to eligibility for program benefits.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Decision maker
Definition:
An individual group, unity of government, or other entity that has the authority to decide on a course of action.
Source:
ISU
Word:
Deputy Administrator
Definition:
The Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm Service Agency (FSA), or designee.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Designated Conservationist
Definition:
An Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) employee that has been designated as responsible for administration of the program in question.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Developed land
Definition:
A type of land use which includes large urban and built-up areas, small built-up areas, and rural transportation land.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Disaster payments
Definition:
Direct federal payments provided to crop producers when either planting is prevented or crop yields are abnormally low because of adverse weather such as drought or hurricanes.
Source:
Our Ohio
Word:
Disk
Definition:
To prepare the soil for planting by cutting the soil with rotating metal disks
Word:
Double cropping
Definition:
The practice of consecutively producing two crops of either like or unlike commodities on the same land within the same growing season. An example of double cropping that is practiced is to harvest a wheat crop by early summer and then plant soybeans on that same acreage for harvest in the fall.
Source:
Our Ohio