Business / Agriculture Glossary

Boxed Beef: Beef that a packer cuts into relatively small pieces, seals in vacuum packs, and ships in cardboard boxes, often ready for retail sale. Prior to the 1970s, most beef left the packer as parti . . . View Full Definition

Breastfeeding Promotion: Relates to activities required to be carried out by state and local agencies using federal funds provided for nutrition education and administrative services under the WIC program. States ar . . . View Full Definition

Broadcast Application: The spreading of pesticides or fertilizers over an entire area (see band application).

Broiler: A young chicken, usually 6 to 8 weeks old and 3 to 5 pounds, raised primarily for its meat.

Brucellosis: A highly contagious disease of cattle, goats, sheep, and swine that can be transmitted to humans (undulant fever). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service conducts an eradication prog . . . View Full Definition

Bt: Bacillus thuringiensis is a naturally occurring soil bacterium commonly known as Bt. It is a biological pesticide (biopesticide) used as a spray or dust and also in several genetically engin . . . View Full Definition

Buffer Strips: Slender areas of permanent vegetation, often planted along the edge or the contour of a field, usually to slow the flow of water or the velocity of wind, in order to capture sediment and oth . . . View Full Definition

Bulgur: Wheat that has been parboiled, dried, and partially debranned for later use in cracked or whole grain form.

Bulk Carrier: Refers to two types of cargo ships: the dry-bulk carrier and the liquid-bulk carrier, better known as a tanker. Bulk cargo is a shipment such as oil, grain, or ore, that is not packaged, bal . . . View Full Definition

Bulk Commodities: Generally, high volume, low value unprocessed agricultural commodities, which are treated as though they are homogeneous (fungible) in nature prior to processing. Grains, oilseeds, and cotto . . . View Full Definition

Bureau Of Land Management (BLM): A bureau within the Department of the Interior that has exclusive jurisdiction over about 268 million acres of federally owned lands. Approximately one-third of this area is in Alaska. The m . . . View Full Definition

Bureau Of Reclamation (BOR): A bureau within the Department of the Interior, whose mission is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources. The agency replaced the Reclamation Service, which was establish . . . View Full Definition

Burley Tobacco: The main type of air-cured tobacco: a cigarette tobacco that together with flue-cured tobacco account for more than 90% of total U.S. production. Burley tobacco production is limited by nati . . . View Full Definition

Bushel: A dry volume measure of varying weight for grain, fruit, etc., equal to four pecks or eight gallons (2150.42 cubic inches). A bushel of wheat, soybeans, and white potatoes each weighs 60 pou . . . View Full Definition

Business Incubator: A facility that supports the development and operation of a number of small start-up businesses. Tenants of the facility share a number of support services including computers, support staff . . . View Full Definition

Cabotage: Trade or transport in coastal waters between ports within the same country. U.S. 'cabotage' legislation—notably the so-called Jones Act - is designed to support the maritime industry.

Cairns Group: An informal association of 15 agricultural exporting countries, formed in 1986 at Cairns, Australia. Members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malay . . . View Full Definition

Call Option: A contract that entitles the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase an underlying futures contract at a stipulated basis or strike price at any time up to the expiration of the . . . View Full Definition

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