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USDA ANNOUNCES SIGNUP FOR $40 MILLION PASTURE RECOVERY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 14:00
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| Announcement by USDA that sign up began this week and runs until May 11, 2001, for
the Pasture Recovery Program. Full Story |
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES HONEY NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOAN REPAYMENT AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:57
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| Announcement of the loan repayment rate for the Honey
Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan and Loan Deficiency
Payment Program during April 2001 Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS RICHARD PALLMAN TO HEAD PENNSYLVANIA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:52
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| Announcement of the appointment of Richard Pallman as Pennsylvania
State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
State Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS JIM REESE TO HEAD OKLAHOMA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:49
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| Announcement of the appointment of Jim Reese as Oklahoma State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS ROBB R. THOMSON TO HEAD NEW HAMPSHIRE FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:46
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| Announcement of the appointment of Robb R. Thomson as New Hampshire
State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
State Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS BEN BRANCEL TO HEAD WISCONSIN FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:42
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| Announcement of the appointment of Ben Brancel as Wisconsin State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) State
Office. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATE, AND USER MARKETING CERTIFICATE PAYMENT RATE FOR UPLAND COTTON
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 15:14
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| Announcement of the prevailing world market
price, adjusted to U.S. quality and location (adjusted world
price or AWP), for Strict Low Middling (SLM) 1-1/16 inch
(leaf grade 4, micronaire 3.5-3.6 and 4.3-4.9, strength
26.5-28.4 grams per tex, length uniformity of 81 percent)
upland cotton (base quality), the coarse count adjustment
(CCA), and the loan deficiency payment rate in effect from
5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2001, through 3:59 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2001. Full Story |
NINE NEVADA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:50
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| Nine counties in Nevada are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by severe weather on May 1, 2000, and continuing.
Full Story |
TWENTY NEW YORK COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:45
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| Twenty counties in New York are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by extreme weather that occurred on April 1, 2000,
and continuing. Full Story |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
CORRECTION - USDA ANNOUNCES 2001-CROP FLUE-CURED TOBACCO GRADE LOAN RATES
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 16:26
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| Correction on News Release No. 1484.01, listing grade loan rates for the 2001-crop of flue-cured
tobacco. Full Story |
FOUR CALIFORNIA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:10
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| Announcement by U.S. Department of Agriculture today designating four counties in California as
eligible for USDA emergency (EM) farm loans due to losses caused by drought that occurred last fall. Full Story |
TWO NEW YORK COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:05
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| Announcement of designation of two counties in New York as eligible
for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses caused by
extreme weather that occurred last summer. Full Story |
USDA REPORTS COMMODITY LOAN ACTIVITY AS OF MARCH 20, 2001
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:25
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| A report of commodity loan activity for grains, cotton, oilseeds, honey and sugar
as of March 20, 2001. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICES AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES FOR RICE
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:23
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| Announcement of prevailing world market prices of milled and
rough rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location,
and the resulting marketing loan gain and loan
deficiency payment rates. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS BRIAN WOLFORD TO HEAD NEBRASKA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:51
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| Brian Wolford announced as Nebraska State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office.
Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS RANDOLPH A. JOHNSON TO HEAD MONTANA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:48
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| Randolph A. Johnson announced as Montana State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS TIM KELLEY TO HEAD MISSOURI FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:45
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| Tim Kelley announced as Missouri State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS LEWIS A. FRANK TO HEAD COLORADO FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:41
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| Lewis A. Frank announced as Colorado State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES 2001-CROP FLUE-CURED TOBACCO GRADE LOAN RATES
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:36
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| Announcement of grade loan rates for the
2001-crop of flue-cured tobacco, based on the price support
level of $1.66 per pound. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATE, AND USER MARKETING CERTIFICATE PAYMENT RATE FOR UPLAND COTTON
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:56
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| Announcement of the prevailing world market price for Strict Low Middling upland cotton and the loan deficiency payment rate in effect from 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2001, through 3:59 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 2001. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PAYMENT RATES FOR COMPETITIVENESS PAYMENT PROGRAM FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE (ELS) COTTON
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:53
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| Announcement that the competitiveness payment
program payment rate in effect from 12:01 a.m. Friday, March
23, 2001, through midnight Thursday, April 19, 2001, is
zero. Full Story |
NINE IDAHO COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:51
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| Nine counties in Idaho are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by severe weather conditions that occurred last year. Full Story |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
USDA APPROVES FOUR CRP BIOMASS PILOT PROJECTS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:19
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| USDA approves four Conservation Reserve Program biomass pilot projects in Iowa, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania.
Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS GARY J. NELSON TO HEAD NORTH DAKOTA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:42
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| Announcement of Gary J. Nelson as North Dakota State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICES AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES FOR RICE
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:53
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| Announcement of prevailing world market prices of milled and
rough rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location,
and the resulting marketing loan gain and loan
deficiency payment rates. Full Story |
USDA REPORTS COMMODITY LOAN ACTIVITY AS OF MARCH 13, 2001
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:50
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| A report of commodity loan activity for grains, cotton, oilseeds, honey and sugar
as of March 13, 2001. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES START OF CROP DISASTER PAYMENTS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 11:11
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| Announcement that payments of more than $1.1 billion
will begin today under USDA's Crop Disaster Program. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATE, AND USER MARKETING CERTIFICATE PAYMENT RATE FOR UPLAND COTTON
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:28
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| Announcement of the prevailing world market price for Strict Low Middling upland cotton and the loan deficiency payment rate in effect from
5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2001, through 3:59 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2001. Full Story |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2001 |
CORRECTION - USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICES AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES FOR RICE
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 12:04
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| Correction on the amount the world rice prices declined this week. Full Story |
CORRECTION - USDA ANNOUNCES NONRECOURSE MARKETING LOAN PROVISIONS FOR 2000-CROP HONEY
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 10:21
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| Correction on the final date for requesting a nonrecourse marketing assistance honey loan or
obtaining an LDP. Full Story |
FORTY-EIGHT NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:04
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| Forty-eight counties in North Carolina are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by drought that occurred last year and continuing.
Full Story |
TWENTY-ONE NEW YORK COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:00
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| Twenty-one counties in New York are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by severe weather conditions that occurred last year. Full Story |
FIFTY-ONE OHIO COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 14:57
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| Fifty-one counties in Ohio are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by extreme weather conditions last year. Full Story |
ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 14:54
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| The entire State of Hawaii is eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by drought that occurred last year and continuing. Full Story |
TWENTY-ONE KENTUCKY COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 14:50
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| Twenty-one counties in Kentucky are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by drought that occurred last year. Full Story |
THIRTY NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 14:46
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| Thirty counties in North Dakota are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans because of
losses caused by severe weather conditions that occurred
last year and continuing. Full Story |
FOURTEEN TENNESSEE COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 14:43
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| Fourteen counties in Tennessee are eligible for USDA emergency farm loans because of
losses caused by severe weather conditions last year and
continuing. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES NONRECOURSE MARKETING LOAN PROVISIONS FOR 2000-CROP HONEY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 12:15
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| Announcement of the details for the Honey Nonrecourse
Marketing Assistance Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment Program
on 2000-crop honey. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICES AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES FOR RICE
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 12:06
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| Announcement of prevailing world market prices of milled and
rough rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location,
and the resulting marketing loan gain (MLG) and loan
deficiency payment (LDP) rates. Full Story |
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2000-CROP HONEY LOAN REPAYMENT AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 10:46
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| Announcement of the loan repayment rate for the Honey Marketing
Assistance Loan Program and LDP rate during March 2001. Full Story |
USDA REPORTS COMMODITY LOAN ACTIVITY AS OF MARCH 6, 2001
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 10:31
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| A report of commodity loan activity for grains, cotton, oilseeds, honey and sugar
as of March 6, 2001. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS J. KENNETH RENTIERS, JR. TO HEAD SOUTH CAROLINA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 14:51
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| Announcement of J. Kenneth Rentiers, Jr. as South
Carolina State Executive Director for the Farm Service
Agency State Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS BOYD A. CRITCHFIELD TO HEAD UTAH FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 14:48
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| Announcement of Boyd A. Critchfield as Utah State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS LARRY FREY TO HEAD OREGON FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:49
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| Announcement of Larry Frey as Oregon State Executive
Director for the Farm Service Agency State Office. Full Story |
TOBACCO COMMISSION MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 20
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 12:14
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| The President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent
on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health
announced today a public meeting will be held March 20, 2001.
Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS FOR APPLE GROWERS, WOOL AND MOHAIR PRODUCERS AND GRAZING PAYMENT PROVISIONS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:48
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| Announcement that signup for the Apple Market
Loss Assistance and Wool and Mohair Loss Assistance programs
have begun, and announcement of details on receiving
grazing payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for the
2001 crop year. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATE, AND USER MARKETING CERTIFICATE PAYMENT RATE FOR UPLAND COTTON
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 15:33
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| Announcement of the prevailing world market
price, adjusted to U.S. quality and location (adjusted world
price or AWP), for Strict Low Middling (SLM) 1-1/16 inch
(leaf grade 4, micronaire 3.5-3.6 and 4.3-4.9, strength
26.5-28.4 grams per tex, length uniformity of 81 percent)
upland cotton (base quality), the coarse count adjustment
(CCA), and the loan deficiency payment rate in effect from
5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2001, through 3:59 p.m.
Thursday, March 15, 2001. Full Story |
USDA TO PURCHASE Cry9C AFFECTED CORN SEED FROM SMALL SEED COMPANIES
Posted by: Kevin Herglotz (202)720-4623 at 08:19
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| The U.S. Department of Agriculture will immediately offer to purchase hybrid
corn seed containing the protein Cry9C from small corn seed
companies. Full Story |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2001 |
USDA ANNOUNCES THIRD PROGRAM FOR DAIRY FARMERS
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 14:58
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| Announcement that eligible dairy farmers can
receive new or additional payments under the third Dairy
Market Loss Assistance program. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICES AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATES FOR RICE
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:32
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| Announcement of prevailing world market prices of milled and
rough rice, adjusted for U.S. milling yields and location,
and the resulting marketing loan gain (MLG) and loan
deficiency payment (LDP) rates, which will become effective
today at 3:00 p.m. Full Story |
USDA REPORTS COMMODITY LOAN ACTIVITY AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2001
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 06:41
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| A report of commodity loan activity for grains, cotton, oilseeds, honey and sugar
as of February 28, 2001, issued march 6, 2001 by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA). Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS TERESA COARSEY LASSETER TO HEAD GEORGIA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:06
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| Announcement of Teresa Coarsey Lasseter as Georgia
State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS BILL R. FULLER TO HEAD KANSAS FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:05
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| Announcement of Bill R. Fuller as Kansas State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS WILLIAM GRAFF TO HEAD ILLINOIS FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:04
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| Announcement of William Graff as Illinois State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency State Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS PAUL GUTIERREZ TO HEAD NEW MEXICO FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:02
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| Announcement of Paul Gutierrez as New Mexico State
Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) State
Office. Full Story |
USDA APPOINTS KEITH H. WEATHERLY TO HEAD NORTH CAROLINA FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 13:01
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| Announcement of Keith H. Weatherly as North Carolina
State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
State Office. Full Story |
TWENTY SEVEN NEW YORK COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Dann Stuart (202) 690-0474 at 09:17
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| Announcement of declaration by USDA naming 27 counties in New York as
eligible for USDA emergency (EM) farm loans because of losses
caused by weather related events last year. Full Story |
SEVIER COUNTY, UTAH, ELIGIBLE FOR USDA EMERGENCY FARM LOANS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:15
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| Sevier County, Utah, is eligible for USDA emergency farm loans due to losses
caused by severe drought conditions. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES 2001 ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND PRICE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF TOBACCO
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 16:30
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| Announcement of acreage allotments for eight
kinds of tobacco and the Commodity Credit Corporation price
support levels for five kinds of tobacco for the 2001
marketing year. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT RATE, AND USER MARKETING CERTIFICATE PAYMENT RATE FOR UPLAND COTTON
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 16:01
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| Announcement of the prevailing world market
price, adjusted to U.S. quality and location (adjusted world
price or AWP), for Strict Low Middling (SLM) 1-1/16 inch
(leaf grade 4, micronaire 3.5-3.6 and 4.3-4.9, strength
26.5-28.4 grams per tex, length uniformity of 81 percent)
upland cotton (base quality), the coarse count adjustment
(CCA), and the loan deficiency payment rate in effect from
5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2001, through 3:59 p.m.
Thursday, March 8, 2001. Full Story |
PRELIMINARY BURLEY TOBACCO POUNDAGE MARKETING QUOTA REFERENDUM RESULTS
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 13:51
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| Announcement that preliminary results from a mail referendum
held February 12 - 16 indicate burley tobacco growers voted to
continue marketing quotas for their crops for the 2001, 2002,
and 2003 marketing years. Full Story |
USDA ANNOUNCES COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LENDING RATES FOR MARCH 2001
Posted by: Jillene Johnson (202) 720-9733 at 06:56
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| This is the announcement of the interest rates for commodity loans disbursed by USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation during March 2001. Full Story |
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