News Releases for October 1996

United States Department of Agriculture
updated October 31

0590 Statement by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on Suspicious Fires on the Willamette National Forest
0589 USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rate for Upland Cotton
0588 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #2
0587 Clinton Administration Gives $1.1 Million to Expand Ag Computer Networks
0586 Clinton Administration Announces Major Wetlands Restoration Project in Central Florida
0585 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0584 Glickman Signs MOU to Increase Educational and Employment Opportunities for Hispanic Students
0583 USDA Researches Improved Ethanol Yield from Corn
0582 Clinton Administration to Provide Emergency Conservation Funds to Aid in Aftermath of Hurricanes, Flooding and Wildfires
0581 Glickman to Lead U.S. Delegation to World Food Summit
0580 Glickman Names Members to National Dairy Board
0579 Clinton Administration Brings 600 New Jobs to St. Louis, $250 Million in Savings to Taxpayers
0578 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rate for Upland Cotton
0577 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota #1
0576 USDA Opens Regional Office to Expand Ag Export Opportunities
0575 M/A Glickman to Launch Rural Home Loan Servicing Center
0574 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0573 USDA Releases Nutrition Action Kit to Link Schools, Families, Communities
0572 Tom Amontree Appointed Director of Communications
0571 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rate for Upland Cotton
0570 Glickman Announces Head of Food Safety Agency
0569 Statement by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0568 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #20
0567 Statement by Agriculture Secretary Glickman on World Food Day
0566 P/A UDSA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0565 USDA Celebrates Change During National School Lunch Week
0564 Glickman Names Three Producer Members to the Mushroom Council
0563 Rominger Announces USDA's Support of Sustainable Agriculture at a Pre-Farm Aid Event
0562 M/A Glickman to Visit Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone
0561 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman on the Suspension Agreement Reached with Mexican Tomato Exporters
0560 USDA Announces Nationwide Forums on Conservation Programs
0559 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Questions and Answers
0558 Clinton Administration Announces New Voluntary Program to Protect Soil and Water
0557 Statement by Agriculture Secretary Glickman on Additional Action to Address Livestock Concentration
0556 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rate for Upland Cotton
0555 Clinton Administration Announces Twelve New RC&D Areas
0554 M/A Glickman to Discuss Farm Issues in Town Hall Meeting
0553 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #19
0552 Clinton Administration Moves to Ensure Rural Information Superhighway for Education
0551 Statement by Glickman on the Retirement of Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas
0550 Corn and Sorghum 0-85/92 Program Participants to Receive $27 Million in Additional Deficiency Payments for 1995
0549 USDA Announces Additional Beef Purchases
0548 USDA Continues Beef Buys for School Lunch Program
0547 M/A Deputy Secretary Rominger to Tour Progressive S.C. Dairy Farm
0546 Clinton Administration Announces Grants for Rural Schools and Hospitals
0545 States to Receive More Than $185 Million in Interim National Forest Payments
0544 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0543 USDA Reengineering Team Wins Technology Awards
0542 President Directs USDA and USTR to Monitor Canadian Potato Shipments into Key U.S. Markets
0541 USDA Programs Contribute to Rise in Waterfowl Populations
0540 USDA Calls for Market Access Program Applications for Fiscal 1997
0539 Clinton Administration to Provide $63 Million for Emergency Watershed Work
0538 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Price and User Marketing Certificate Payment Rate for Upland Cotton
0537 USDA Continues Beef Buys for School Lunch Program
0536 USDA Releases Special Upland Cotton Import Quota Announcement #18
0535 M/A Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to Visit South Dakota
0534 Glickman Announces $1 Million Community Grants for Food Security
0533 Clinton Administration Furthers Gleaning and Food Recovery Efforts
0532 M/A Rominger Opens the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan
0531 Clinton Administration Announces Additional Assistance in the Aftermath of Hurricane Fran
0530 AmeriCorps Helps North Carolina and Virginia Hurricane Relief
0529 USDA Announces Final Karnal Bunt Regulations for 1996-97 Crop Year
0528 USDA's Wetlands Reserve Program Sign-up Begins Today
0527 P/A USDA Announces Prevailing World Market Rice Prices
0526 Correction -- Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for October 1996
0525 USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for October 1996
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