Agricultural and Food Policy
News and Fact Sheets - 2009

Arkansas FSA Farm Bill Updates

• November 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• October 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• August 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• July 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• June 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• May 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• April 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• March 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• February 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• January 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
• December 2008 Newsletter (PDF)
• November 2008 Newsletter (PDF)
• November Special Edition (PDF)
• October 2008 Newsletter (PDF)
• October Special Edition (PDF)
• September 2008 Newsletter (PDF)

Fact Sheets

• Actively Engaged in Farming and Payment Limits (Dec 31, 2009) (PDF)
• Adjusted Gross Income Verification Process (Dec 31, 2009) (PDF)
• Livestock Forage Disaster Program (Dec 29, 2009) (PDF)
• Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program (Dec 24, 2009) (PDF)
• Programa de Pagos de Asistencia por Pérdidas en Productos Lácteos (DELAP) (Dec 24, 2009) (PDF)
• Programa de Asistencia de Ingresos Suplementarios (SURE) (Dec 24, 2009) (PDF)
• Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program ((DELAP) (Dec 17, 2009) (PDF)
• South Dakota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Dec 2, 2009) (PDF)
• Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Nov 23, 2009) (PDF)
• Préstamos para Agricultores y Ganaderos Principiantes (Loans for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers) (Nov 16, 2009) (PDF)
• Farm Loan Information Chart (Nov 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Farm Loans (Nov 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Loans for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Nov 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Préstamos Agrícolas (Nov 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Tabla de Información Sobre Préstamos Agrícolas (Farm Loans Information Chart) (Nov 1, 2009) (PDF)
• Programa de Pago por Transición del Tabaco (también llamado Compra de Participaciones del Tabaco o Tobacco Buyout) (Oct 14, 2009) (PDF)
• Tobacco Transition Payment Program (Oct 8, 2009) (PDF)
• Pulse Crops: Summary of 2008-2012 Program (Oct 6, 2009) (PDF)
• FSA Administered Programs (Sep 18, 2009) (PDF)
• Farmable Wetlands Program (Sep 17, 2009) (PDF)
• Livestock Indemnity Program (Sep 17, 2009) (PDF)
• Biomass Crop Assistance Program - CHST Matching Payments Program (Sep 11, 2009) (PDF)
• Rice Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment (Sep 2, 2009) (PDF)
• Honey Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment (Sep 1, 2009) (PDF)
• How to Complete an FSA Loan Application (Aug 24, 2009) (PDF)
• Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Aug 17, 2009) (PDF)
• Emergency Disaster Designation and Declaration Process (Jul 21, 2009) (PDF)
• Peanut Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Jun 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Maryland Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Apr 24, 2009) (PDF)
• Source Water Protection Program (Apr 8, 2009) (PDF)
• Food Assistance through the Commodity Credit Corporation (Apr 3, 2009) (PDF)
• Commodity Operations (Apr 2, 2009) (PDF)
• FSA County Committee Election (Apr 1, 2009) (PDF)
  • Elecciones para el Comité del Condado de la FSA (Apr 17, 2009) (PDF)
• FSA County Committee Election - Eligibility to Vote and Hold Office as a County Committee Member (Apr 1, 2009) (PDF)
• Average Adjusted Gross Income 2009 and Subsequent Crop Years (Mar 18, 2009) (PDF)
• Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for 2009 and Subsequent Years (Mar 18, 2009) (PDF)
• Electronic Loan Deficiency Payments (Mar 18, 2009) (PDF)
• Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program (Mar 16, 2009) (PDF)
• Planting Transferability Pilot Program (Mar 12, 2009) (PDF)
• Fees and Charges Assessed by the Commodity Credit Corporation for Cotton Loans, Loan Forfeitures, and Relocation of Collateral (Mar 9, 2009) (PDF)
• Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program Fruit, Vegetable, and Wild Rice Provisions (Mar 6, 2009) (PDF)
• Hawaii Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Feb 4, 2009) (PDF)
• Arkansas Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (Jan 30, 2009) (PDF)
• Milk Income Loss Contract Program (Dec 19, 2008) (PDF)
• Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) (Dec 19, 2008) (PDF)
• Stocks-for-Food Initiative (Dec 16, 2008) (PDF)
• Cultural Resources (Nov 25, 2008) (PDF)
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Wetland Initiatives Fact Sheet (Oct 7, 2008) (PDF)
• Peanut Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (Oct 6, 2008) (PDF)
• Farm Loan Information Chart (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
  • Tabla de Información Sobre Préstamos Agrícolas 2008  (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
• Farm Loan Information Chart (Sep 17, 2008) (PDF)
• Farm Loans Program Funding (Sep 12, 2008) (PDF)
• Loans for Socially Disadvantaged Persons (Minorities and Women) (Nov 25, 2008) (PDF)
  • Préstamos para Personas Con Desventajas Sociales (Grupos Minoritarios y Mujeres) (Nov 25, 2008) (PDF)
• Farm Loans (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
  • Préstamos Agrícolas (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
• Farm Loans (Sep 10, 2008) (PDF)
• Loans for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
  • Préstamos para Agricultores y Ganaderos Principiantes (Loans for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers) (Jan 1, 2009) (PDF)
• Loans for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Aug 22, 2008) (PDF)
• Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (Aug 19, 2008) (PDF)
• 2008 Crop Year Buy-in Fee for Disaster Assistance Programs (Jul 16, 2008) (PDF)
• Shared Appreciation Agreements (Jul 10, 2008) (PDF)
• Primary and Preservation Loan Servicing for Delinquent FSA Borrowers (Jul 10, 2008) (PDF)
• Crop Disaster Program 2005-2007 (Quality Losses) (Jun 19, 2008) (PDF)
• Conservation Reserve Program - Critical Feed Use (May 27, 2008) (PDF)
• USDA and North Carolina Expand CREP Program (Apr 30, 2008) (PDF)
• Stocks-for-Food Initiative (Apr 11, 2008) (PDF)
• County Committee Election (Apr 1, 2008) (PDF)
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Benefits: Water Quality, Soil Productivity and Wildlife Estimates (Mar 25, 2008) (PDF)
  • Beneficios del Programa de Reservas para la Conservación, (CRP): Cálculos Sobre la Calidad del Agua, la Productividad del Suelo y la Vida Silvestre (Nov 10, 2008) (PDF)
• Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program III (Mar 5, 2008) (PDF)
• Rural Youth Loans (Feb 28, 2008) (PDF)
• State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Approved Projects II (Feb 21, 2008) (PDF)
• Programa de Compensación para Pecuarios 2005-2007 (Feb 8, 2008) (PDF)
• Programa de Indemnización para Ganado y Animales de Granja 2005-2007 (Feb 8, 2008) (PDF)
• Crop Disaster Program 2005-2007 (Quantity Losses) (Jan 25, 2008) (PDF)
• Livestock Compensation Program 2005-2007 (Jan 25, 2008) (PDF)
• Livestock Indemnity Program 2005-2007 (Jan 25, 2008) (PDF)
• Conservation Reserve Program State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Practice (Jan 19, 2008)  (PDF)
• State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Approved Projects (Jan 19, 2008) (PDF)

USDA

• December 31, 2009 -  USDA Enhances Integrity And Defensibility of Farm Programs and Streamlines Payment Limits For Family Farmers
• December 24, 2009 -  USDA IMPLEMENTS NEW CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
• December 17, 2009 -  USDA Announces New Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program to Provide Financial Relief to Struggling Dairy Producers
• December 4, 2009 - USDA Releases First Draft of Proposed Crop Insurance Agreement to Protect Farmers from Higher Costs, Rein in Costs, and Improve Access to Crop Insurance Throughout the Country
• December 1, 2009 -  USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for December 2009
• November 2, 2009 -  USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for November 2009
• October 20, 2009 - USDA Enrolls 255 Million Base Acres in DCP & ACRE on 1.7 Million Farms
• October 7, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Announces 2010 DCP and ACRE Signup Begins
• October 7, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $1.7 Billion in Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments
• October 6, 2009 - USDA Publishes Annual Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Agricultural Land
• October 1, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for October 2009
• September 28, 2009 - USDA Begins Issuing Livestock Forage Disaster Payments
• September 15, 2009 - FSIS Proposes Interstate Commerce Shipping Regulations for Small Plant Operations (September 15, 2009)
• September 15, 2009 - USDA Launches 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' Initiative to Connect Consumers with Local Producers to Create New Economic Opportunities for Communities
• September 14, 2009 - USDA Announces Implementation of Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs
• September 4, 2009 - USDA Announces Additional Weight Category for Livestock Indemnity Program
• September 2, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces More Than $13 Million to Help Meet Country's Renewable Energy Needs
• August 6, 2009 - Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces First National Sign-Up for New Conservation Stewardship Program
• July 31, 2009 - USDA Seeks Public Comment On The New Conservation Stewardship Program
• July 29, 2009 - USDA's Farm Service Agency to Begin Accepting Applications for New Biomass Crop Assistance Program
• July 27, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Encourages Eligible Producers to Enroll in Farmland Wetlands Program
• July 13, 2009 - USDA Will Not Issue Final 2008 Wheat, Barley and Oat Counter-Cyclical Payments
• July 8, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $66.4 Million for Community Facilities Projects in Rural Areas
• July 7, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Livestock Indemnity Program
• July 6, 2009 - USDA Announces Initial 2009-2010 Allocations for Dairy Export Incentive Program
• July 1, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for July 2009
• June 26, 2009 - USDA Launches New Recovery Act Website Highlighting USDA Efforts to Create Jobs and Stimulate Economic Growth
• June 23, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Urges Producers to Learn About New ACRE Program
• June 17, 2009 - USDA Announces Revised 2009 Large Chickpea Loan Rates
• June 10, 2009 - USDA Announces Rural Business Grants for Disaster Relief Efforts
• June 1, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for June 2009
• May 29, 2009 - Census of Agriculture Data Now Available at Watershed Levell
• May 19, 2009 - USDA Reallocates Surplus 2009 Fiscal Year Beet and Cane Sugar Marketing Allotments
• May 13, 2009 - Sec. Vilsack Testifies to House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration
• May 13, 2009 - USDA Announces Loan Rates for 2009-Crop Peanuts
• May 12, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Holds Rural Community Forum in Southeast Missouri; Listens to Local Residents
• May 11, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Holds Listening Session in Fort Collins on National Animal Identification System
• May 11, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Holds Rural Community Forum in Northern Colorado; Listens to Local Residents
• May 8, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Grants to Strengthen National School Meals Programs
• May 7, 2009 - USDA Secretary Vilsack Testifies Regarding 2009-H1N1 Influenza before the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration
• May 6, 2009 - Statement by Canada, USDA, and Mexico Regarding International Trade and H1N1
• May 6, 2009 - USDA Seeks Applications for Household Water Well Grants
• May 6, 2009 - USDA Selects Recipients for $15 Million in Economic Development Loans and Grants
• May 5, 2009 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces Funding for New Organics Initiative
• May 5, 2009 - President Obama Issues Presidential Directive to USDA to Expand Access to Biofuels
• May 5, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $224 Million in Funding to Reduce Hazardous Fuels
• May 4, 2009 - Secretary Vilsack Announces National Animal Identification System Listening Session Locations
• May 4, 2009 - Secretary Vilsack Announces Purchase of Up to $25 Million of Dry Beans, $16.3 Million of Processed Apple Products for Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs
• May 2, 2009 - Statement from Secretary Vilsack on Canada Detection of H1N1 in Alberta Swine
• May 1, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for May 2009
• May 1, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Certain Conservation Reserve Program Contracts
• April 30, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Emergency Use Of CRP Land In North Dakota; Takes Additional Measures For Red River Basin Livestock Producers Facing Losses
• April 28, 2009 - Secretary Vilsack Awards $22.4 Million in Grants to States for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
• April 24, 2009 - USDA Announces 2009 County Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains and Oilseeds
• April 24, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Maryland Governor O'Malley Sign Agreement to Protect Drinking Water, Chesapeake Bay
• April 15, 2009 - USDA Announces Program Differentials for 2009 Cotton
• April 10, 2009 - USDA Announces New Loan Repayment Rate Methods for Commodities Participating in the Marketing Assistance Loan Program
• April 9, 2009 - Transcript of Remarks of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack before the 11th Annual USDA/USAID International Food Aid Conference
• April 9, 2009 - ACRE Program Enrollment Opens on April 27
• April 8, 2009 - USDA Announces 2009 Pulse Crop Loan Rates by Region
• April 7, 2009 - Transcript of News Tele-Conference with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Announce $45 Million in Stimulus Funds to Rehabilitate Flood Control Systems in 11 States Washington, D.C.-April 6, 2009
• April 7, 2009 - USDA Announces New Provisions for Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments
• April 7, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $17 Million in Grants for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
• April 3, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Nutrition Benefits Increase
• April 2, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Reinstates Base Acreage On Federally-Owned Land
• April 1, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces MILC Payments On Their Way To Dairy Farmers
• April 1, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for April 2009
• March 31, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's Testimony before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture
• March 31, 2009 - USDA Responds To Producer Concerns By Extending Sign-Up Date For DCP And ACRE Programs
• March 30, 2009 - Transcript: Tele-Conference with Secretary Vilsack on Announcement of Plan to Benefit Both the Nutrition Programs and Dairy Farmers
• March 30, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Applauds Designation of Additional Public Lands
• March 27, 2009 -  USDA Seeks Public Comments and Project Proposals for Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
• March 26, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Plan to Benefit Nutrition Programs and Dairy Farmers
• March 26, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Deadline for Floodplain Easement Assistance
• March 24, 2009 - USDA Agreement Benefits the Longleaf Pine Forest
• March 19, 2009 - US Department of Agriculture and Treasury Combine Forces to Combat Payment Fraud
• March 18, 2009 - USDA Seeks Public Comment on Farm Storage Facility Loan Program
• March 17, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Disaster Assistance for Producers
• March 14, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Final Rule for Handling of Non-Ambulatory Cattle
• March 11, 2009 - USDA to Award $5 Million in Grants to Increase Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
• March 11, 2009 - Vilsack Announces Energy Audit Applications Now Being Accepted
• March 10, 2009 - Vilsack, Copps and Wade Kick Off American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Broadband Initiative
• March 10, 2009 - USDA Announces 2009 Rice Loan Rates by Class
• March 9, 2009 - Transcript Of Press Availability With Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack On How "American Recovery And Reinvestment Act" Funding Will Stimulate The Economy, Create Jobs, And Impact Rural Communities
• March 9, 2009 - Vilsack Announces First Wave of USDA Economic Stimulus Funding
• March 2, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for March 2009
• February 20, 2009 - Vilsack Announces Implementation of Country of Origin Labeling Law
• February 19, 2009 - Remarks by First Lady Michelle Obama at the U.S. Department Of Agriculture
• February 6, 2009 - USDA to Release New Long-Term Agricultural Projections
• February 2, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for February 2009  
• January 29, 2009 - Secretary Vilsack Announces More Than $6 Million to Train Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
• January 28, 2009 - USDA and Arkansas Partner on Conservation Program to Benefit Illinois River Watersheds
• January 28, 2009 - USDA Issues Partial 2008 Crop Counter-Cyclical Payments for Upland Cotton
• January 26, 2009 - Transcript: Secretary Tom Vilsack Hosts News Conference Call with Reporters
• January 26, 2009 - Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Lays Out Priorities, Extends Comment Period For Payment Limitations Rule
• January 16, 2009 - Interim Final Rule Amends Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
• January 16, 2009 - USDA Seeks Public Comment on Changes to Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
• January 15, 2009 - USDA'S Interim Final Rule Amends Environmental Quality Incentives Program  
• January 15, 2009 - USDA Seeks Comments on Wetlands Reserve Program
• January 15, 2009 - USDA and EPA Announce Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
• January 14, 2009 - Crop Disaster Program Sign-Up Ends February 27
• January 14, 2009 - Schafer Announces Availability 0f $58.4 Million to Producers, Entities Through New Conservation Program
• January 13, 2009 - USDA Fields Farm Bill, Prepares Ground for Next Administration
• January 5, 2009 - CSREES Seeks Stakeholder Input on National Institute of Food and Agriculture Transition - Input will be accepted until February 6, 2009
• January 2, 2009 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2009
• December 29, 2008 -  USDA National Scholars Program Applications Open for 2009 Academic School Year
  December 19, 2008 - USDA Enacts Changes to Payment Limitations, Income Qualifications, and Implements Direct Attribution Programs
• December 19, 2008 - Milk Income Loss Contract Program Signup Begins Dec 22
• December 19, 2008 - Secretary Schafer Announces 2009 DCP Signup
• December 4, 2008 - Federal Biomass Board Releases Biofuel Feedstocks Report
• December 4, 2008 - USDA's "Stocks for Food" Program Turns Raw Commodities into Food
• December 2, 2008 - Remarks by the Hon. Chuck Conner, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Delivered at the Farm Journal Forum
• December 1, 2008 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for December 2008
• November 24, 2008 - Statement by Schafer Comments on Farm Financial Forecast
• November 19, 2008 - USDA Invites Applications For Advanced Biorefinery Guaranteed Loans
• November 13, 2008 - USDA Provides $77 Million to Repair Farmland Damaged by Flood and Drought
• November 12, 2008 - Transcript of Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer at the 2008 Annual Convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting
• November 12, 2008 - USDA Announces Storage Deficit Areas for the 2008 Crop Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Program
• November 7, 2008 - USDA Announces Amended Farm Bill Provisions and New Sign Up Deadline
• November 1, 2008 - USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates For November 2008
• October 30, 2008 - USDA Approves Final Regulations for the 2008 Through 2012 Cotton Programs
• October 8, 2008 - USDA Awards More Than $28 Million in Specialty Crop Research
• October 7, 2008 - USDA Unveils New Conservation Incentives
• October 3, 2008 - Study Highlights Benefits of Conservation and Wetlands Reserve Programs
• October 3, 2008 - USDA to Launch Public Access Incentive for the Conservation Reserve Program
• October 1, 2008 - USDA Issues $1.8 Billion in Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments
• September 9, 2008 - USDA Announces Fiscal Year 2009 Sugar Program
• September 5, 2008 - FACT SHEET: 2008 Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions
• August 20, 2008 - USDA Rural Development to Hold Public Meeting on Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions
• August 6, 2008 - USDA Readies Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Purchases for Elementary Schoolss
• August 4, 2008 - USDA Awards $500,000 for WIC Special Project Grants to Four States
• July 31, 2008 - DOE and USDA Announce More than $10 Million in Bioenergy Plant Feedstock Research
• July 30, 2008 - Secretary Schafer Awards $21.8 Million in Grants to States for The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
• July 30, 2008 - USDA and Community-and Faith-Based Partners Meet August 6
• July 30, 2008 - USDA Awards $447.5 Million In Electric Loans Consumers in 20 States Will Benefit
• July 30, 2008 - USDA Issues Interim Final Rule Amending All Federal Milk Marketing Orders
• July 29, 2008 - Statement of Secretary Ed Schafer Discusses Conservation Reserve Program Decision
• July 29, 2008 - USDA Takes Action on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling
• July 28, 2008 - USDA Announces 2008-Crop Cotton and Peanuts Marketing Assistance Loan Programs
• July 28, 2008 - USDA Increases Limits for Direct Operating and Farm Ownership Loans
• July 15, 2007 - Schafer Announces an Additional $202.5 Million for Two Voluntary Conservation Programs
• Jul y 11, 2008 - USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research
• July  11, 2008 - Buy-in Waiver For Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs Underway In New Farm Bill
• July 7, 2008 - USDA Releases CRP Land in Flood Regions for Grazing, Permission Is Granted in Presidential Disaster Counties for Grazing Only
• July  7, 2008 - USDA Issues Advance Direct Payments
• July  1, 2008 - Fact Sheet: Midwest Flood Response USDA Actions - Updated July 1, 2008
• June 27, 2008 - USDA Awards $30 Million to States For Exceptional Administration of the Food Stamp Program
•  June 25, 2008 - Direct & Counter-Cyclical Payment Signup Underway in New Farm Bill
• June 23, 2008 - USDA Awards $14 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
• June 12, 2008 - USDA Delivers First Action for New 2008 Farm Bill Schafer Announces Crop Loan, LDP Provisions and Loan Rates
• June 12, 2008 - Joint DOE and USDA Fact Sheet: Gas Prices and Oil Consumption Would Increase Without Biofuels

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Compiled by Robert Coats, Ph.D., Professor - Economics
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