A Special Report By Shirley E. Brown
Executive Assistance
for USDA's Office of the Chief Economist

• Assisting America's Small Farmers and Ranchers in the 21st Century, the 2nd small farms progress and achievements report published by the USDA Small Farms Coordinators. Posted 02/28/03.
  
  
• Building on A Time to Act, a report by the USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms. Posted 02/28/03.
  
  
• Information for Small Farmers and Ranchers, a booklet published by the USDA Small Farms Coordinators listing the USDA agencies that provide support or administer programs for small farmers and ranchers. Posted 02/28/03.
  
  
• Meeting the Challenge of A Time To Act: USDA Progress and Achievements Report on Small Farms, the 1st small farms progress and achievements report published by the USDA Small Farms Coordinators.
  
  
• Bison: A Promising Small Business Adventure is a special report written by Shirley E. Brown who is an Executive Assistant for USDA's Office of the Chief Economist.  
  
  
• Making Changes: Turning Local Visions Into National Solutions
  is a report that details the recommendations generated by participants in a five-year Agriculture Policy Project of the Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy at Winrock International. 
  

• Effects of Federal Tax Policy on Agriculture - A report by the Economic Research Service (ERS) that analyzes the effects of the current Federal tax code on farming. 
  
  
• USDA Small Farms Database: A detailed report of the action plans developed by the Department in response to 146 recommendations submitted in the National Commission on Small Farms report, A Time to Act. 
  
  
• Index1 - Executive Summary of the USDA Small Farms Database:  A summary report showing the number of the Commission's recommendations implemented by the Department by USDA Mission Area - [pdf file, 9KB].
  
  
• Index2 - Snapshot of the Small Farms Database:  A condensed version of the USDA Small Farms Database. This report is indexed by USDA Mission Area and the implementation status code assigned by the Department to indicate whether a recommendation was (a) Fully Implemented (Code 1): (b) Partially Implemented (Code 2); (c) Unable to be Implemented (Code 3); or (d) Not Implemented (Code 4) - [pdf file, 30KB].
  
  
• A Time To Act [html version] - A Report by the USDA National Commission on Small Farms. Released in January 1998 - [PDF Version] 
  
  
• Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT) Report. 

• National Commission on Small Farms Charter - Departmental Regulation No. 1043-43. 
• USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms Charter - Departmental Regulation No. 1043-46.
• USDA Advisory Committee Members
• USDA Small Farms Policy - Departmental Regulation No. 9700-1.

• "A Time To Act" Website
• USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms.
• Notice of Intent To Establish an Advisory Committee on Small Farms and Solicit Nominations for the Committee. Posted in the Federal Register on June 10, 1999. 
• President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)