News Releases for December 2002

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Dec. 31 0520.htm 0520.doc Crop Insurance Agreement to Remain in Force for 2004 Reinsurance Year
Dec.23 0519.htm 0519.doc A National New Year’s Message From The Departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health and Human Services December 2002
Dec.19 0518.htm 0518.doc Veneman Designates Counties In Tennessee and South Dakota As Agriculture Disaster Areas
Dec.18 0517.htm 0517.doc Transcript of USDA briefing on farm bill signup with USDA Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, J.B. Penn, Deputy Undersecretary Hunt Shipman and Farm Service Agency Administration Jim LittleWashington D.C.
Dec.18 0516.htm 0516.doc NRCS Announces Record Year For Earth Team Volunteers

Dec. 18 0515.htm 0515.doc Scientists Complete Advanced Draft Sequence Of Rice Genome

Dec. 18 0514.htm 0514.doc USDA Concerned About Slow Pace Of Sign-Up For Major Farm Bill Programs
Dec. 17 0513.htm 0513.doc Transcript of USDA-EPA briefing regarding a new Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) rule with Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Governor Christie Todd Whitman
Dec. 17 ustr.htm   United States Files WTO Case on Monopolistic Canadian Wheat Board
Dec. 13 0512.htm 0512.doc USDA Announces 2003 Loan Rates for Wheat, Barley, Oats and Other Oilseeds
Dec. 13 0511.htm 0511.doc Statement by Under Secretary Mark Rey On the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling
December 12, 2002
Dec. 12 0510.htm 0510.doc United States Department of Agriculture Status of the Health Forest Initiative with Mark Rey, Rebecca Watson and Dale Bosworth Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Dec. 12 0509.htm 0509.doc Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
On the President’s Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Dec. 12 0508.htm 0508.doc Members and Alternates Named to Peanut Promotion Board
Dec. 12 0507.htm 0507.doc Veneman Names Jackson to Human Resources Post
Dec. 11 0506.htm 0506.doc Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
On the Conclusion of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement

Dec. 11 0505.htm 0505.doc USDA Dedicates Memorial Plaque To Honor Victims Of Grain Elevator Explosions

Dec. 11 0504.htm 0504.doc Bush Administration Proposes Steps To Restore Forest And Rangeland Health
For more information please view Fact Sheet and Backgrounder
Dec. 11 0503.htm 0503.doc

Veneman Announces $209 Million Conservation Program In Nebraska
Questions and Answers

Dec. 10 0502.htm 0502.doc USDA And China Sign Protocol On Cooperation In Agricultural Science And Technology

Dec. 10 0501.htm 0501.doc HHS, USDA Establish New Regulations For Use Of Select Biological Agents
Dec. 09 0500.htm 0500.doc Veneman Designates Three Counties In Idaho As Agriculture Disaster Areas
Dec. 06 0499.htm 0499.doc Transcript of Secretary Ann M. Veneman's Remarks to the International Food Policy and Research Institute Washington, D.C.

Dec. 06 0498.htm 0498.doc USDA Announces Actions Regarding Plant Protection Act Violations Involving Prodigene, Inc.
Dec. 06 0497.htm 0497.doc Veneman Announces Agricultural Science And Technology
Ministerial Conference
Dec. 05 0496.htm 0496.doc Veneman Names Cotton Board Members
Dec. 05 0495.htm 0495.doc USDA Appoints Members to New Peanut Standards Board
Dec. 04 0494.htm 0494.doc Transcript of Secretary Ann M. Veneman’s remarks to The 7th Farm Journal Forum: Your Stake in the Food Chain
Dec. 04 0493.htm 0493.doc Veneman Designates Counties In Washington As Agriculture Disaster Areas
Decision Allows Farmers And Ranchers To Receive USDA Assistance
Dec. 02 0492.htm 0492.doc Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
Regarding the Reauthorization of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act
Dec.02 0491.htm 0491.doc Phyllis Fong Sworn In As USDA Inspector General
Dec.02 0490.htm 0490.doc USDA Awards $18.5 Million In Grants And Agreements To Develop Risk Management Tools And Education
Dec.02 0489.htm 0489.doc USDA to Hold Briefings on Available USDA Programs
2002 Farm Bill Will Be Highlighted By USDA Officials AtItta Bena, Miss.
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