2002 UDAF Press Releases and Articles

• The December, 2002 Ag News is now available.
  
  
• UDAF and USDA/NRCS have joined forces to protect
  a Cache County dairy farm.
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Cary G. Peterson announces the appointment of Dr. Chris Crnich as Director of the Division of Regulatory Services.
  
  
• The November, 2002 Ag News is now available.
  
  
• Uniform and consistent standards governing the growing, handling and sale of organic farm products take affect today, October 21, 2002, nationwide.
  
  
• The 2002 Utah Agricultural Statistics and Utah
  Department of Agriculture and Food Annual Report
  is now available in printed and CD ROM versions.
  
  
• The October, 2002 Ag News is now available.
  
  
• Utah livestock producers who suffered losses due to drought are eligible for immediate compensation from the newly created Livestock Compensation Program. Instructions on how to apply for aid are also available.
  
  
• Utah farmers and ranchers who sustained losses due to drought, grasshopper and Mormon cricket infestation, frost, hail and high winds are eligible for consideration for low-interest emergency loans from the USDA's Farm Service Agency.
  
  
• UDAF is seeking additional funding to fight the grasshopper and Mormon cricket battle.
  
  
• UDAF is working with the USDA Farm Service Agency to secure emergency disaster funding for Utah fruit growers.
  
  
• Animal Industry's Dr. Chris Crnich received the Governor's Manager of the Year Award during ceremonies at the State Capitol June 17.
  
  
• The July edition of Ag News is now available.
  
  
• UDAF will receive $223,000 from the US Department of Agriculture to help bolster food and agricultural homeland security protections.
  
  
• UDAF has awarded grants totaling $628,000 as part of a program aimed at stimulating and promoting agricultural production in the state.
  
  
• USDA has extended emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres through Nov. 30, 2002 to continue relief to farmers and ranchers suffering from effects of drought.
  
  
• UDAF is providing third-party audits to assure that agricultural products are grown and handled according to good food handling practices.
  
  
• UDAF will be closing its Salt Lake Serology Lab, effective June 12, 2002.
  
  
• The June edition of Ag News is now available.
  
  
• UDAF will focus on the following goals to strengthen its service to the public during the next 1000 days.
  
  
• With a vote of 64 to 35, the Senate passed the Farm Bill
  Conference Report on Wednesday, May 8. The bill, officially
  titled the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002,
  was signed on May 13 by President Bush.
  
  
• Utah now has accredited inspectors who will certify organic production and handling operations to comply with National Organic Program (NOP) standards.
  
  
• Commissioner Peterson Testifies Before USDA in Support of Changes to Western Milk Marketing Order - view Utah witness transcripts here.
  
  
• Summer Weather brings African Bee Caution to Southern Utah.
  
  
• Commissioner Peterson has selected Director of Regulatory Services, Kyle Stephens, as the department's new deputy commissioner.
  
  
• Commissioner Peterson Lists Reasons Why Central Utah Project Water Should Flow to Farmers
  
  
• UDAF promotes egg safety at health care and child care facilities.
  
  
• A Sanpete County man has been convicted of cattle rustling through the efforts of UDAF's Brand Inspectors.
  
  
• UDAF has implemented an emergency rule to help protect
  Utah's wild and domestic elk from CWD. View the text of the rule here.
  
  
• UDAF has implemented an emergency rule to help protect Utah's wild and domestic elk from CWD.
  
  
• UDAF is confident that the health and welfare of livestock participating in the Olympic Rodeo will be of the highest level.
  
  
• Here is the February, 2002 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.
  
  
• UDAF helped lead the statewide Charitable Donations campaign to new heights this year.
  
  
• Tests show Utah Elk are CWD-Free.

• Here is the January, 2002 Utah Ag News in Adobe Acrobat format.
  

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

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