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Veneman Announces Additional Steps To Facilitate Farm Bill Sign-Up
Significant Progress Being Made on Farm Bill Sign-Up
Secretary Veneman announced that the second counter-cyclical program payments for 2002-crop upland cotton, rice and peanuts will begin Feb. 3, 2003; additional actions to assist farmers in completing sign-up for the Direct and Counter-cyclical Programs in the 2002 Farm Bill; and $94 million in payments to apple growers begin today under the 2000 Apple Market Loss Assistance Program III (AMLAP-III).

President Bush To Propose Record-Level $3.9 Billion For Conservation Programs
Veneman Releases Proposed Rules for Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman talks to members of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association during their annual convention and trade show. Earlier Veneman previewed budget details for USDA Conservation programs Secretary Veneman announced that President Bush will propose a record $3.9 billion, an increase of $582 million over the FY 2003 level, for conservation programs to strengthen environmental stewardship on the nation’s farmlands. During an address to an overflow crowd of more than 1200 cattle producers and ranchers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual convention, the Secretary also announced the release of proposed rules for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

Secretary Veneman Comments on President Bush's State of the Union Address to Nation
Secretary Veneman states the President's four specific domestic policy goals are important not only to the country as a whole, but have particular applicability to rural communities.

Veneman Launches Expansion of Rural America's Telecommunication and Broadband Technology
Secretary Veneman announced that USDA will expand efforts to bring farmers, rural residents and businesses greater access to improved telecommunication technology through the financing of more than $1.4 billion in loan and loan guarantees to rural telecommunications providers.

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