WebThe Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies which …

WebA housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure.Housing cooperatives are a distinctive form of home ownership that have many characteristics that differ from other residential arrangements such as single …

WebThe Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) was an extension agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), part of the executive branch of the federal government. The 1994 Department Reorganization Act, passed by Congress, created CSREES by combining the former Cooperative State Research …

WebFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida.Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in Florida. It is a member institution of the State …

WebOcean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is an American agricultural cooperative of growers of cranberries headquartered in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Their products include cranberry sauce, fruit juices, fruit snacks, and dried cranberries.. The cooperative has made a number of innovations, including the first juice blend, the first juice boxes, and …

WebOrganic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming, is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.It originated early in the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing farming …

Web農業協同組合（のうぎょうきょうどうくみあい、通称：農協〈のうきょう〉）は、日本において農業者（農民又は農業を営む法人）によって組織された協同組合である。 農業協同組合法に基づく法人であり、事業内容などがこの法律によって制限・規定されている。

WebVirginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.It also has educational facilities in six regions statewide, a research center in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and a study-abroad site in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland.

WebThe introduction and broad adoption of scientific agriculture since the mid-19th century contributed to economic growth in the United States. This development was facilitated by the Morrill Act and the Hatch Act of 1887 which established in each state a land-grant university (with a mission to teach and study agriculture) and a federally funded system of …

WebAgan was founded in 1949 as a cooperative, while Makhteshim was created in 1952. In 1973 Agan and Makhteshim partnered to distribute their products and 24 years later merged to form Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. [citation needed] In October 2011 ChemChina acquired a 60% stake in Makhteshim Agan, delisting from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.In …