2001 UDAF Press Releases and Articles

• The Utah Conservation Commission is now taking nominations for board member positions on each of the state's 38 Conservation Districts.

• UDAF and NRCS have joined forces to help protect one of Cache County's more productive dairies.

• UDAF's Division of Plant Industry estimates that 2002 populations of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers may be double those in 2001.

• Test results have confirmed that the disease affecting Zion National Park mule deer is epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).

• Here is the November, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF has received $697,000 in grant money for projects intended to promote and stimulate agricultural production in Utah.
  
  
• Read the latest information about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Utah.

• Government and industry have teamed up to protect food safety during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

• Here is the September, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF brand inspectors helped end one of the state's more active cattle rustling sprees in several years.

• UDAF and the FDA are requiring new safe handling instructions on shell egg containers.
  
  
• A Grasshopper web site has been created by Utah State University to help citizens cope with insects.

• Commissioner Peterson Addresses Congress - Seeks $8.7 Million For Cricket and Grasshopper Control

• Find out about Africanized Honey Bees on the UDAF web site.

• Here is the May, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF and USDA held a workshop recently to strengthen efforts to keep Foot-and-Mouth Disease out of the United States.

• Here is the April, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF celebrated National Agriculture Day by helping to preserve an historic farm in Bluff.

• UDAF advises livestock owners to guard against Foot and Mouth Disease.

• Historic Farm Preserved - Celebration Set for National Agriculture Day. Click here to learn more.

• What the UDAF and USDA are doing to protect our beef from BSE (Mad Cow Disease).

• Here is the March, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• UDAF has proclaimed March 1 through 7, 2001 as National Weights and Measures Week.

• UDAF has received a grant from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to promote the sale of organically grown lamb produced in Utah and the Rocky Mountain region.

• Utah livestock owners who wish to renew their brands have until February 28 to do so. If brands are not renewed by the deadline, owners will be charged $50 to register their brand, and face the possibility of losing their brand to another owner.

• UDAF and BLM officials have agreed on procedures regarding impounded livestock on Federal rangeland. The full text of the agreement may be viewed here.

• On December 11, 2000, USDA Secretary Dan Glickman designated six Utah counties natural disaster areas, making federal assistance available for qualified farmers and ranchers throughout most of the state.

• Here is the January, 2001 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.

• 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.

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