2000 UDAF Press Releases and Articles

• Governor Mike Leavitt and UDAF Commissioner Cary Peterson are seeking USDA drought assistance in the form of emergency loans and grants for eligible farmers and ranchers in all 29 Utah counties.
  
  
• Here is the December, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Here is the November, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Utah farmers placed a record number of acres under the state's Agricultural Protection Area (APA) through the first 9 months of 2000.

• American Farmland Trust will present a day-long workshop on October 24, 2000, on methods to conserve important agricultural land.

• UDAF's annual free pesticide collection program is set for 9:00 a.m. until noon, November 9, 2000 in Utah County.

• Here is the October, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Commissioner Peterson is encouraging Utah hay growers to donate surplus hay to drought and fire stricken ranchers in Montana through that state's "I Care A Ton" program.

• September is National Food Safety Month. Click here to learn more about preventing food borne illnesses.

• Here is the September, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Governor Leavitt and Commissioner Peterson are seeking help for drought stricken Utah ranchers.

• Four new rules regulating livestock health in Utah went into effect August 1, 2000,including mandatory trichomoniasis testing.

• Here is the August, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• It's Farmer's Market time in Utah! View this year's list of local farmer's markets here.

• Here is the July, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF is working to finalize regulations for organic agriculture in Utah.

• UDAF inspectors have discovered a large population of Mormon crickets in Tooele County, signaling a second consecutive year of a sizable cricket and grasshopper infestation in Utah.

• Here is the April, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Beaver County students will put down their books and pick up shovels for a day to help improve the water quality and the fishability of the Beaver River during UDAF's annual Take Pride In Utah activities.

• Dr. Seuss's classic story of The Lorax is helping Utah elementary school students learn about protecting valuable farm and ranch land during National Agriculture Day, March 20, 2000.

• View UDAF's Lorax brochure here.

• Utah's most comprehensive test for the wildlife disease chronic wasting disease (CWD) turned up no trace of the disease in hundreds of animals tested.

• UDAF field agents are placing a series of Africanized honeybee traps in Southern Utah in an attempt to detect the presence of the bee.

• Strategies to control the expected large infestations of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers in Millard County and surrounding areas will be discussed at two public meetings set for March 7, 2000 in Millard County.

• UDAF's meat and poultry inspection program recently made the transition to the HACCP inspection program.

• UDAF Veterinarians will answer questions about livestock health and safety at the 2000 Utah Horse Expo, March 10, 11 and 12 at the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park.

• See the preliminary results of a state-wide survey conducted by the Utah Quality Growth Commission.

• Here is the March, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• A 39-page slide presentation on the historic, philosophic and economic reasons to protect Utah farmland is now available for viewing on the UDAF web site.

• Here is the February, 2000 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

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