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News Headline Summary for the Year 2009

November

Obama Administration Names Tim Manning to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Florida (Nov 13, 2009)

USDA Secretary Vilsack and South Dakota Governor Rounds Agree to Improve James River Water Quality and Enhance Area Wildlife Habitat (Nov 10, 2009)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Coppess Urges Farmers and Ranchers to Vote in County Committee Elections That Begin on Friday, Nov. 6 (Nov 5, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for November 2009 (Nov 2, 2009)

Secretary Vilsack Announces Initiative to Boost Food Commodity Contracting Opportunities for Small Business And Cooperatives in Rural America (Nov 2, 2009)

October

USDA Enrolls 255 Million Base Acres in DCP & ACRE on 1.7 Million Farms (Oct 20, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Val Dolcini to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in California (Oct 20, 2009)

USDA Will Not Issue Final 2008-Crop Counter - Cyclical Payments for Peanuts, Corn, Grain Sorghum and Soybeans (Oct 14, 2009)

An ARRA Success Story A Dream Of Owning Cattle Comes True (Oct 9, 2009)

USDA Reminds Tobacco Quota Holders and Producers of Sign-Up Deadline for 2010 Payment (Oct 8, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Announces 2010 DCP and ACRE Signup Begins (Oct 7, 2009)

USDA's Farm Service Agency Announces New $1.1 Million Maximum Guaranteed Loan Amount (Oct 7, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $1.7 Billion in Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments (Oct 7, 2009)

USDA Publishes Annual Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Agricultural Land (Oct 6, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Brings Obama Administration's 'Rural Tour' to South Dakota (Oct 5, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for October 2009 (Oct 1, 2009)

September

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Brings Obama Administration 'Rural Tour' to New Mexico (Sep 30, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Robert Piceno to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Arizona (Sep 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Daniel Robinson to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Alabama (Sep 29, 2009)

USDA Announces 2009 - Crop Sugar Loan Rates (Sep 28, 2009)

USDA Begins Issuing Livestock Forage Disaster Payments (Sep 28, 2009)

USDA Announces Initial Fiscal Year 2010 Sugar Marketing Allocations (Sep 28, 2009)

USDA Announces Implementation of Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs (Sep 14, 2009)

USDA Announces Timeframe for Nominations to the Advisory Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Sep 9, 2009)

USDA Announces Additional Weight Category for Livestock Indemnity Program (Sep 4, 2009)

Obama Administration Continues Naming State Executive Directors For The Farm Service Agency (Sep 4, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for September 2009 (Sep 1, 2009)

USDA Will Not Implement the Feedstock Flexibility Program in Fiscal Year 2010 (Sep 1, 2009)

August

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Missouri Conversion Facility First with BCAP Producer Payments (Aug 31, 2009)

USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program (Aug 26, 2009)

Obama Administration Continues Naming State Executive Directors for the Farm Service Agency (Aug 25, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Establishes Dairy Advisory Committee and Requests Nominations - Advisory Committee Will Review Key Issues Impacting Dairy Industry and Generate Additional Ideas about How USDA Can Help Struggling Producers (Aug 25, 2009)

USDA Asks Public for Comments and Schedules Nine Public Meetings on Conservation Reserve Program (Aug 20, 2009)

USDA Implements Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Aug 17, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Launches Retooled Loan Assistance for Individuals and Businesses in Struggling Agriculture Industries (Aug 10, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for August 2009 (Aug 3, 2009)

July

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Immediate Relief for Struggling Dairy Producers - Obama Administration to raise dairy support prices, will increase dairy farmers' revenue by $243 million (Jul 31, 2009)

Obama Administration Continues Naming State Executive Directors for the Farm Service Agency (Jul 30, 2009)

USDA's Farm Service Agency to Begin Accepting Applications for New Biomass Crop Assistance Program (Jul 29, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Encourages Eligible Producers To Enroll In Farmland Wetlands Program (Jul 27, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Urges Producers to Learn About New ACRE Program before Aug. 14 (Jul 20, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Availability of $760 Million In Direct Loans To Farmers And Producers (Jul 16, 2009)

USDA Reminds Producers That Nomination Deadline For Farm Service Agency County Committee Is Nearing (Jul 15, 2009)

USDA Provides $71 Million to Rehabilitate Farmland Damaged by Floods, Hurricanes and Other Disasters (Jul 14, 2009)

USDA Will Not Issue Final 2008 Wheat, Barley and Oat Counter-Cyclical Payments (Jul 13, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Names Jonathan Coppess as Administrator For USDA's Farm Service Agency (Jul 9, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Livestock Indemnity Program (Jul 7, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for July 2009 (Jul 1, 2009)

June

Obama Administration Names Bruce Nelson to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Montana (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Diane Ley to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Hawaii (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Begins Naming State Executive Directors for the Farm Service Agency (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Dan Steinkruger to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Nebraska (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Christine White to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Michigan (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Linda K. Hennen to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Minnesota (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Daniel Consenstein to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Alaska (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Jim Barber to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in New York (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Brad Pfaff to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Wisconsin (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Julia Wickard to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Indiana (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Juan Garcia Serve As State Executive Director For The Farm Service Agency In Texas (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Michael Sullivan Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Mississippi (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Francie Tolle Serve As State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Oklahoma (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Scherrie Giamanco Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Illinois (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Michael Wooden Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Virginia (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Bill Wehry Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Pennsylvania (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Richard Burke Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Massachusetts (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names William Donald Clifton II to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Delaware (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Judith Olson to Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Washington (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Richard Rush Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Idaho (Jun 29, 2009)

Obama Administration Names Adrian Polansky Serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Kansas (Jun 29, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Urges Producers to Learn About New ACRE Program - FSA Administrator Launches Educational Campaign on ACRE in North Dakota (Jun 23, 2009)

USDA Announces Revised 2009 Large Chickpea Loan Rates (Jun 17, 2009)

USDA's Farm Service Agency County Committee Nominations Start June 15 (Jun 4, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for June 2009 (Jun 1, 2009)

May

USDA Reallocates Surplus 2009 Fiscal Year Beet and Cane Sugar Marketing Allotments (May 19, 2009)

USDA Announces Loan Rates for 2009-Crop Peanuts (May 13, 2009)

President Obama Announces Plans To Provide Settlement Funds For Lawsuit By Black Farmers Against USDA (May 6, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for May 2009 (May 1, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Certain Conservation Reserve Program Contracts (May 1, 2009)

April

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Emergency Use Of CRP Land In North Dakota; Takes Additional Measures For Red River Basin Livestock Producers Facing Losses (Apr 30, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Maryland Governor O'Malley Sign Agreement to Protect Drinking Water, Chesapeake Bay (Apr 24, 2009)

USDA Announces 2009 County Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains and Oilseeds (Apr 24, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Names Doug Caruso as Administrator Of The Farm Service Agency (Apr 22, 2009)

USDA Announces Program Differentials for 2009 Cotton (Apr 15, 2009)

USDA Announces New Loan Repayment Rate Methods For Commodities Participating In The Marketing Assistance Loan Program (Apr 10, 2009)

ACRE Program Enrollment Opens on April 27 (Apr 9, 2009)

USDA Announces 2009 Pulse Crop Loan Rates by Region (Apr 8, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $17 Million In Grants For Beginning Farmers And Ranchers (Apr 7, 2009)

USDA Announces New Provisions For Marketing Assistance Loans And Loan Deficiency Payments (Apr 7, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Reinstates Base Acreage On Federally-Owned Land (Apr 2, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for April 2009 (Apr 1, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces MILC Payments On Their Way To Dairy Farmers (Apr 1, 2009)

March

USDA Responds To Producer Concerns by Extending Sign-Up Date For DCP And ACRE Programs (Mar 31, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Plan to Benefit Nutrition Programs And Dairy Farmers (Mar 26, 2009)

USDA Agreement Benefits the Longleaf Pine Forest (Mar 24, 2009)

US Department of Agriculture and Treasury Combine Forces to Combat Payment Fraud (Mar 19, 2009)

USDA Seeks Public Comment on Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Mar 18, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Disaster Assistance for Producers (Mar 17, 2009)

USDA Announces 2009 Rice Loan Rates by Class (Mar 10, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for March 2009 (Mar 2, 2009)

February

USDA Announces Planting Transferability Pilot Project in 7 States (Feb 3, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for February 2009 (Feb 2, 2009)

January

USDA and Arkansas Partner on Conservation Program to Benefit Illinois River Watersheds (Jan 28, 2009)

USDA ISSUES PARTIAL 2008 CROP COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS FOR UPLAND COTTON (Jan 28, 2009)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VILSACK LAYS OUT PRIORITIES, EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PAYMENT LIMITATIONS RULE (Jan 26, 2009)

USDA and State of Hawaii Partner on Conservation Program to Improve Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat, and to Restore Wetlands and Native Forests (Jan 22, 2009)

Crop Disaster Program Sign-Up Ends February 27 (Jan 14, 2009)

USDA ANNOUNCES $950 MILLION IN TOBACCO TRANSITION PROGRAM PAYMENTS (Jan 12, 2009)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2009 (Jan 2, 2009)


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