News Releases for October 1998
United States Department of Agriculture

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0452 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0451 USDA Provides $200 Million Boost for Co-op Development
0450 USDA to Provide $2.8 Billion in Loss Assistance
0449 USDA's Anne Reed Named 1998 Government Executive of the Year
0448 Glickman Reminds Producers to Sign-up for Conservation Reserve Program
0447 Food Aid Initiative Allocations Reach 2.5-Million-Ton Goal
0446 USDA Announces P.L. 480 Country Allocations for Fiscal 1999
0445 Remarks of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman USDA Symposium on Childhood Obesity: Causes And Prevention Jefferson Auditorium
0444 Glickman Challenges Experts to Turn the Tide of Childhood Obesity
0443 USDA Awards for Stamp Program Nutrition Education Grants
0442 Food Stamp Coupon Books to Feature Nutrition Messages
0441 Glickman Names Members to Soybean Promotion Board
0440 USDA to Seek Additional Input Before Issuing Revised Organic Proposal
0439 Backgrounder: Proposed Improvements to Nursery Insurance Plan
0438 Glickman Announces Improvements to Nursery Insurance Plan
0437 M/A Glickman to Address National Childhood Obesity Conference
0436 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary DanGlikman
0435 USDA Announces Wheat Donations of 350,000 Tons to Bangladesh
0434 USDA Supports $78 Million in New Rural Rental Housing
0433 Food Safety Under Secretary Woteki Elected to Institute of Medicine
0432 Remarks of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman -- Radio Address
0431 Backgrounder: Washington Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Questions and Answers
0430 Glickman Announces $250 Million Effort to Restore Streams and Help Endangered Salmon in Washington State
0429 Remarks of Secretary Dan Glickman World Food Day University of California, Davis -- October 16, 1998
0428 Backgrounder: Oregon Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
0427 Glickman Announces $250 Million Effort to Restore Streams and Save Endangered Salmon and Trout in Oregon
0426 Glickman Announces Action to Help Tuna Fishermen
0425 M/A Satellite Conference for Rural Small Businesses, Addresses Y2K Challenge
0424 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0423 M/A President's Council on Food Safety to Hold Public Meeting in Sacramento
0422 Backgrounder: Community Food Security Grants
0421 USDA Grants $2.4 Million for Community Food Security
0420 M/A Secretary Glickman to Make Major Environmental Announcement in Seattle
0419 Statement of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on Agriculture Appropriations Agreement
0418 USDA Offers Y2K Help Through Local Extension Offices
0417 Glickman Names New Members to Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
0416 M/A Secretary Glickman to Make Major Environmental Announcement in Portland
0415 Glickman to Deliver World Food Day Address at UC-Davis
0414 United States to Donate Wheat to Pakistan
0413 USDA to Issue More Than $1.3 Billion in CRP Payments
0412 USDA Celebrates Better Nutrition for Better Learning During National School Lunch Week
0411 Backgrounder: USDA Action to Assist America's Farmers
0410 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0409 USDA Announces Another $1.6 Billion in Export Credit Guaranteess
0408 Glickman Names Galvin Special Assistant for Trade
0407 Statement of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on President Clinton's Veto of the Agriculture Appropriations Bill
0406 Glickman Creates Small Farms Office
0405 M/A USDA to Host Symposium on Childhood Obesity
0404 Radio Address of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, October 5, 1998
0403 Joint Statement by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on Efforts to Resolve U.S.-Canada Border Dispute
0402 USDA Proposes Streamlining Loan Guarantee Program
0401 M/A Public Schedule for Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
0400 Backgrounder: National Research Initiative Competitive Research Grants
0399 USDA Grants $5.5 Million to Expand Food Safety Research and Education
0398 USDA Opens Regional Export Outreach Office in Atlanta

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