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Release No. 0314.04
Wayne Baggett (202) 720-4623
Sylvia
Rainford (202) 720-2536
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USDA
PROVIDES NEARLY $6 MILLION OF FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM
FUNDS TO 32 STATES
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VAN WERT, Ohio, July 30,
2004-Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced the availability
of nearly $6 million in Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
funds. Thirty-two states will receive this funding to purchase permanent
conservation easements on America's farms and ranches.
"These funds will allow more farmers and
ranchers keep their land in agriculture," said Veneman during a visit here
to the Farm Focus farm show. "This programs helps to ensure that
productive land is protected, and encourages farmers and ranchers to use
conservation systems that improve environmental health."
This USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) program protects productive agricultural land by purchasing
conservation easements to limit conversion of farm and ranch lands to
nonagricultural uses.
These FRPP funds have been
reallocated to states that requested additional funding. In distributing
the funds, NRCS considered the conversion of farmland, the conversion of
prime farmland and states' requests for additional monies to complete
specific projects.
The funding allocations by state are:
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Alabama |
100,000 |
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Arizona |
94,500 |
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California |
275,591 |
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Colorado |
240,858 |
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Connecticut |
218,870 |
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Florida |
223,976 |
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Georgia |
204,340
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Illinois |
121,102 |
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Iowa |
9,900 |
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Kentucky |
190,450 |
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Maryland |
419,903 |
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Massachusetts |
300,245 |
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Michigan |
207,655 |
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Minnesota |
73,428
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Missouri |
47,100 |
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Montana |
96,220 |
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Nebraska |
213,500 |
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Nevada |
190,000
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New
Hampshire |
228,027 |
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New
Jersey |
360,591 |
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New
York |
244,330
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Ohio |
228,616 |
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Oklahoma |
131,257 |
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Rhode
Island |
192,313 |
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South
Carolina |
113,820 |
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Tennessee |
69,500 |
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Texas |
123,523 |
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Utah |
166,868 |
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Vermont |
234,110 |
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Washington |
134,904 |
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West
Virginia |
127,152 |
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Wyoming |
124,147 |
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Grand
Total |
$5,706,796
| Additional information about FRPP can be found at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/frpp |
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