USDA Releases Voluntary Security Guidance For Agricultural And Food Transporters The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released a new voluntary security guidance document for truck transporters of agricultural and food products to bolster national security and safeguard public health.
	eLDPs - Loan Deficiency Payments Go Online The Farm Service Agency's new electronic Loan Deficiency Payment Service (eLDP) is an Internet-based service allowing producers to request LDPs online and, in most cases, receive approval and payment by direct deposit within 48 hours.
			October is CO-OP Month Cooperatives celebrate their commitment to community - a core cooperative principle - as part of their annual CO-OP Month observances.
	USDA Drought-Related Programs During 2003, drought remained entrenched across much of the western half of the U.S. and in the northern and western Corn Belt, but did not spread nationwide.
	USDA Service Center Forms You can search, fill out and print any of the public forms available or save your forms online and submit them to the appropriate USDA Service Center.
			Access the USDA Customer Statement The USDA Customer Statement is part of this effort and brings to the farmer and rancher un-precedented online access to their business activities with USDA 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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