2005 UDAF Press Releases and Articles

• Livestock Brands Renewal Deadline Closing In
  
  
• Here's your chance to help protect and improve Utah’s land and watersheds. The Utah Soil Conservation Commission is now taking nominations for two of the five elected board member positions on each of the 38 Soil Conservation Districts (SCD) across the state.
  
  
• Utah farmers and ranchers are encouraged to dispose of their unused or outdated pesticides during a free program to be offered this coming March.
  
  
• 2005 UDAF Annual Report and USDA Statistics Now Available - These reports document the state's agricultural production levels and offer details about the numerous UDAF programs. Reports are also produced on CD-ROM and included with the hard cover version.
  
  
• Facts about perchlorate
  
  
• Governor Huntsman Knows What's Cookin’
  at Utah State Fair Turkey Feast
  
  
• UDAF is temporarily waiving a state fuel dispensing law to allow some stations to sell gasoline by the half-gallon.
  
  
• Tests conducted by the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Logan, Utah have confirmed 16 new cases of West Nile virus in horses.
  
  
• USDA Secretary Mike Johanns is scheduled to hold a Farm Bill Forum in Utah on September 14, 2005, in the Pioneer Building at the Utah State Fairpark. Any Utah farmer or rancher who would like to comment on the proposed 2007 Farm Bill is encouraged to attend and make comment.
  
  
• A horse in Duchesne County has tested positive for
  West Nile Virus, becoming the fifth confirmed case
  in Utah this year
  
  
• Utah DEQ Signs Agreement With EPA to Study
  Agricultural Emissions
  
  
• Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., has proclaimed the week of August 7- 13 Utah Farmers Market Week.
  
  
• A horse in Weber County has tested positive for
  West Nile Virus, the first confirmed case in Utah for 2005
  
  
• July 2005 Ag News
  
  
• The National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa have confirmed the finding of vesicular stomatitis in eleven cattel and two horses in Utah. Previous story
  
  
• USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today announced $104.5 million in Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) funding for locally-sponsored watershed protection projects resulting from floods and other natural disasters.
  
  
• Agricultural Flood Aid Available
  
  
• The Mormon Cricket count is down in Utah for 2005
  
  
• June 2005 Ag News
  
  
• Utah Receives $175,000 from USDA in Emergency
  Conservation Program Funding
  
  
• UDAF has awarded nearly $300,000 to 18 counties and
  agencies to help expand the fight against West Nile Virus in Utah.
  
  
• USDA Secretary Mike Johanns visits Utah, announces
  BSE roundtable discussion
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Blackham pitched expanded agricultural trade with Argentina during recent talks with one of the country’s provincial governors.
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Leonard Blackham supports USDA's new MyPyramid healthy food guide system and promotes wise consumption by consumers.
  
  
• May 2005 Ag News
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Leonard Blackham has named Jed H. Christenson as the department's new Marketing Division Director.
  
  
• UDAF announces that $329,000 in special grants is available to counties and mosquito abatement districts to help prevent the spread of West Nile Virus in 2005.
  
  
• April 2005 Ag News
  
  
• Clair A. Allen has been named UDAF’s new director of Plant Industry.
  
  
• Plant Industry director Dick Wilson retires after 40 years of service to the state and citizens of Utah.
  
  
• Utah farmers in three Utah Counties eligible for relief following Arizona disaster declaration
  
  
• March 2005 Ag News
  
  
• UDAF begins electronic chip tracking of livestock
  
  
• USDA delays the effective date for allowing imports
  of Canadian beef into US
  
  
• Daggett and Uintah County farmers and ranchers are
  eligible for USDA Emergency Loans due to drought
  
  
• Governor Huntsman signs Disaster Declaration for Iron and Washington Counties
  
  
• February 2005 Ag News
  
  
• Disaster Declaration Sought For Southern Utah Farmers and Ranchers
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Blackham calls for Agricultural
  Disaster Declarations because of the damage
  caused by recent flooding.
  
  
• Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. appoints former Senator
  Leonard M. Blackham of Moroni, Utah as
  Commissioner of Agriculture and Food.
  
  
• STATEMENT by Dr. Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal
  and Plant Health Inspection Service regarding discovery of
  3rd Canadian cow with BSE.
  
  
• UDAF is distributing more than $126,000 in credits
  to qualified livestock owners, as the 2004 NDM program concludes.
  
  
• January 2005 Ag News
  
  
• Governor Walker Bids Agriculture and Food
  Employees Farewell
  
  

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