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Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws

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John Ogonowski Farmer to Farmer Program — Initiated as a P.L. 480-funded pilot project and authorized first under the Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198), the program taps U.S. agricultural expertise to provide technical assistance to farmers in developing, middle income, and emerging market countries. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) extends funding authority through FY2007 and requires that no less than 0.5% of P.L. 480 funds be used for the program. John Ogonowski was the pilot on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The program was renamed to honor his extensive work with immigrant Southeast Asian farmers using his land in rural Massachusetts.
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF) — Created in 1978, the facility is a cooperative effort between USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce to collect, on an ongoing basis, global weather data and agricultural information to determine the impact of weather conditions on crop and livestock production. JAWF reports are followed closely not only by producers but also by commodity traders.
Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture (JSA) — Created by the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-362, Sec. 6; 16 USC 2805 ), the JSA has served as a federal interagency coordinating group to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of federal aquaculture research, transfer, and assistance programs. The JSA's Working Group on Quality Assurance in Aquaculture Production is co-chaired by representatives from the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) and USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (USDA-CSREES). This Working Group serves as an open national public-private sector forum on issues associated with new animal drug approvals, biologics, licensing, producer quality assurance programs, international harmonization, etc.
Jones Act — The common reference for Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 988), which requires that all water transportation of goods between U.S. ports be on U.S.-built, -owned, -crewed, and -operated ships. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry, but agricultural interests generally oppose it because, they contend, it raises the cost of shipping their goods, making them less competitive with foreign sources.
JSA — Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture (federal).
Just-in-time delivery — An inventory control system that replenishes and delivers products to a retailer just as a current supply is depleted. This practice, which the agriculture and food sector have, as well as industry, has required increased vertical coordination.