Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today released details of President Bush's FY 2006 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the department's most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to help meet the President's deficit reduction goals.

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at the 2005 Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in San Antonio, Texas, detailed proposals from the President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget as well as praised the partnership between the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the USDA.

Agriculture Under Secretary Mark Rey and Interior Assistant Secretary Lynn Scarlett announced that President Bush is including more than $867 million in the fiscal year 2006 budget to continue implementation of his Healthy Forests Initiative.