News Releases for June 1996

United States Department of Agriculture

updated June 28

0341 Clinton Administration Moves Forward on Information Superhighway
0340 USDA Further Clarifies Soil-Free Crops Cannot Spread Karnal bunt
0339 Agriculture and Interior Secretaries Urge Public to Help Firefighters Protect Homes from Wildfires
0338 Secretaries Glickman and Babbitt Sign Agreements with Plum Creek Timber to Improve Habitat Conservation for Wildlife and Fish
0337 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rates for Upland Cotton
0336 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #4
0335 USDA Buys More Frozen Ground Beef for 1996-97 School Year
0334 M/A Agriculture Secretary Glickman to Visit Seattle and Denver
0333 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0332 USDA Seeks Applications to NAFTA Advisory Committee
0331 Glickman Names Medley as APHIS Administrator
0330 Emerging Market Program Targets Countries with Export Potential
0329 Government Officials and Washington, DC Community Dedicate Urban Tree House
0328 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rates for Upland Cotton
0327 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #3
0326 USDA to Provide an Estimated $246.3 Million in National Forest Payments to States
0325 M/A USDA Officials and Anacostia Officials to Dedicate D.C. Urban Tree House
0324 Glickman Appoints 5 to National Pork Board
0323 USDA Buys Frozen Bulk Beef for 1996-97 School Year
0322 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0321 USDA and CDFA Lift Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine, Announce Additional Preventative Measures
0320 U.S.-Canada Forum for the World Food Summit Announced
0319 USDA Clarifies Soil-Free Fruits and Vegetables Cannot Spread Karnal Bunt
0318 USDA Issues Compensation Plan for Farmers and Handlers Impacted by Karnal Bunt Quarantine
0317 Thirty-Three Percent of Eligible U.S. Farms Participate in Signup at Halfway Point
0316 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rates for Upland Cotton
0315 USDA Makes First Beef Buy for 1996-97 School Year
0314 USDA Announces Continuous Signup for CRP and Outlines Long-Term Guidelines
0313 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #2
0312 M/A Glickman Will Pitch In at Detroit Food Bank, Hold First Food Recovery Summit
0311 USDA Announces an Increase in the FY96 Tariff-Rate Quota for Raw Cane Sugar
0310 Remarks by Secretary Glickman at Audubon Society Annual Convention
0309 M/A Public Schedule for Secretary Glickman, June 11-12
0308 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0307 M/A Glickman to Address Audubon Society
0306 USDA Suspens Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary License
0305 M/A Glickman to Speak at Second Harvest Conference in Chicago
0304 USDA Modifies Cotton Crop Insurance Rules in Texas and New Mexico to Aid Drought Victims
0303 USDA Expands Commitment to President's National Homeownership Intiative
0302 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rates for Upland Cotton
0301 Statement by Secretary Glickman on Report of Committe on Concentration
0300 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #1
0299 M/A Glickman Will Address Farm Foundation in Little Rock Saturday
0298 USDA Honors Employees in 50th Annual Awards Ceremony
0297 M/A Glickman to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of School Lunch in Chicago
0296 Statement by Secretary Glickman Before the House of Representatives Committe on Agriculture
0295 McNeil Named USDA's Director of Native American Programs
0294 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0293 USDA Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the National School Lunch Program
0292 Secretary Glickman Opposes Proposed Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Merger
0291 Remarks Prepared for Secretary Glickman U.S. Forum on World Food Summit
0290 USDA Secretary Glickman Celebrates National Trails Day on the Big Blue Trail
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