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News Headline Summary for the Year 2012

October

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Fulfills Commitment to Designate 1 Million Additional Conservation Acres to Support Wildlife Habitat Restoration (Oct 8, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for October 2012 (Oct 1, 2012)

Statement of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Expiration of Authority for 2008 Farm Bill Programs (Oct 1, 2012)

September

USDA Announces Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Sign-Up Period for 2011 Crop Losses (Sep 28, 2012)

Claims Filing Period for Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Who Claim Past Discrimination at USDA to Open on September 24, 2012 (Sep 25, 2012)

USDA Announces Final Fiscal Year 2012 Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments (Sep 24, 2012)

USDA Announces 2012 Crop Sugar Loan Rates (Sep 24, 2012)

USDA and Colorado Announce Rio Grande Basin Water Conservation Project Agreement (Sep 20, 2012)

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk Announces FY 2013 Tariff-Rate Quota Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar and Sugar-Containing Products (Sep 11, 2012)

USDA Announces Sugar Tariff Rate Quotas for Fiscal Year 2013 (Sep 7, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for September 2012 (Sep 4, 2012)

August

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Emergency Grazing to Assist Ranchers Impacted by Drought (Aug 29, 2012)

Livestock Producers Affected by Disasters Urged to Keep Good Records (Aug 29, 2012)

USDA Announces Initial Fiscal Year 2013 Domestic Sugar Program (Aug 24, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Obama Administration Deliver New Drought Assistance to America's Producers (Aug 8, 2012)

USDA Announces No Marketing Quota for the 2013 Upland Cotton Crop (Aug 3, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for August 2012 (Aug 1, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Drought Assistance, Designates an Additional 218 Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas (Aug 1, 2012)

July

USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Deadline for FSA County Committees Nominations (Jul 25, 2012)

USDA Designates an Additional 76 Counties in 6 States as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Worsening Drought (Jul 25, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Obama Administration Efforts to Assist Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by Drought (Jul 23, 2012)

USDA Announces Sign-Up Date for Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the Conservation Reserve Program (Jul 20, 2012)

USDA Officials Stand with Farmers and Ranchers Affected by Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters (Jul 16, 2012)

USDA Announces Streamlined Disaster Designation Process with Lower Emergency Loan Rates and Greater CRP Flexibility in Disaster Areas (Jul 11, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for July 2012 (Jul 1, 2012)

June

USDA Announces Loan Rates for 2012-Crop Peanuts (Jun 22, 2012)

USDA Announces Additional 9,000 Acres for Non-Food Energy Crop Production (Jun 13, 2012)

Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15 (Jun 12, 2012)

USDA Announces No June Increase in Fiscal Year 2012 Raw Sugar TRQ or Company Sugar Marketing Allotments (Jun 12, 2012)

Secretary's Column: Expanding Farm Credit Opportunities (Jun 8, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Intends to Appoint Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers as Voting Members of County Committees (Jun 4, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for June 2012 (Jun 1, 2012)

USDA Expands Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program by 20,000 Acres to Benefit Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Mid-Atlantic States (Jun 1, 2012)

May

SURE Disaster Program Deadline Approaches for 2010 Crops (May 29, 2012)

USDA Proceeds With Office Consolidation Plan (May 29, 2012)

USDA Announces Results for Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-Up (May 25, 2012)

Secretary Vilsack Names Members to the Council for Native American Farming and Ranching (May 24, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New and Expanded Access to Credit for America's Farmers and Ranchers (May 23, 2012)

USDA Announces Support for Farmers in Alaska, Hawaii and Insular Areas (May 18, 2012)

USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Sign-Up Deadline for 2012 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program (May 14, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for May 2012 (May 1, 2012)

April

USDA and Arkansas Partners Announce Added Incentives on Conservation Program to Benefit Illinois River Watersheds (Apr 26, 2012)

USDA Announces 2012 County Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains and Oilseeds (Apr 24, 2012)

USDA Announces Increase and Reassignment of Fiscal Year 2012 Sugar Overall Allotment Quantity and an Increase of Fiscal Year 2012 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota (Apr 18, 2012)

USDA Announces No Marketing Quota for 2013 Wheat Crop (Apr 6, 2012)

Sign-Up and Re-Enrollment Deadline Extended For CRP General Sign-Up 43 (Apr 4, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for April 2012 (Apr 2, 2012)

March

USDA Announces 2012 Cotton Loan Rate Differentials (Mar 30, 2012)

USDA Announces Milk Income Loss Contract Program Payment Rate for February Production (Mar 29, 2012)

USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Deadline for CRP General Sign-up (Mar 28, 2012)

Enrollment Reminder for Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payments and Other FSA Programs (Mar 26, 2012)

FSA Announces Application Period for Biomass Crop Assistance Program Project Areas (Mar 22, 2012)

USDA Warns of Fraudulent Letters (Mar 16, 2012)

USDA Announces 2012 Pulse Crop Loan Rates by Region (Mar 9, 2012)

USDA Announces 2012 Rice Loan Rates By Class (Mar 9, 2012)

USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching CRP General Sign-up (Mar 7, 2012)

CCC Revises Schedules for Upland Cotton Loan Rate Differentials (Mar 5, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Conservation Reserve Program Initiative to Restore Grasslands, Wetlands and Wildlife (Mar 2, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for March 2012 (Mar 1, 2012)

February

USDA Announces Equine Operations Now Eligible for Emergency Loans (Feb 29, 2012)

USDA Announces New Highly Erodible Cropland Initiative for Conservation Reserve Program (Feb 21, 2012)

USDA Issues Final 2010-Crop Average Crop Revenue Election Payments for Rice (Feb 10, 2012)

USDA Offers Mobile Access and More Efficient Online Tools for Farmers and Ranchers (Feb 10, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for February 2012 (Feb 1, 2012)

USDA Announces CRP General Sign-up (Feb 1, 2012)

January

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Updated and Improved Process to Resolve Discrimination Claims of Hispanic and Women Farmers (Jan 25, 2012)

USDA Reminds Producers of Sign-up Dates for 2012 Direct and Counter Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue Election Program (Jan 20, 2012)

USDA Announces Greater Flexibility and Additional Tools for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Jan 20, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Disaster Assistance to Producers and Communities in 33 States and Puerto Rico (Jan 18, 2012)

USDA Announces Changes for Missouri-Madison River Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Montana (Jan 13, 2012)

USDA Announces Tobacco Transition Program Payments (Jan 13, 2012)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Blueprint for Stronger Service to Increase Efficiency in USDA Operations (Jan 9, 2012)

USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2012 (Jan 3, 2012)


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