2006 UDAF Press Releases and Articles

• Winter 2006 edition of Utah Agriculture News
  
  
• Utah's new rangeland improvement program (UGIP) gets underway
  
  
• Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has issued a Drought Disaster Declaration for Daggett County.
  
  
• Statement by State Veterinarian, L. Earl Rogers, DVM regarding Equine Viral Arteritis
  
  
• State Veterinarian Dr. Michael R. Marshall was honored
  recently for his 23 years of service to UDAF.
  
  
• UDAF's Agriculture Resource Development Loan program
  recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary
  
  
• Dog owners in the Salt Lake Valley are being cautioned
  to look for symptoms of canine influenza in their pets.
  More info from AVMA and CDC
  
  
• Horse stabled at Tennessee Walking Horse 2006 National Celebration Tested Positive for Rabies
  
  
• UDAF announces the immediate activation of a Japanese
  Beetle eradication program following the discovery of the
  insect in a small area in Orem.
  
  
• Due to the detection of several clinical cases of Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) in Utah horses, a Notice of Quarantine has been issued.
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Leonard Blackham, announces the appointment of more than 50 individuals to six state and regional grazing advisory boards.
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Leonard M. Blackham announces the reorganization of the Division of Animal Industry following a medical leave of absence taken by State Veterinarian, Dr. Michael R. Marshall.
  
  
• Seth Winterton, UDAF's Deputy Director of Marketing and Development, has been elected President of the National Association of State Organics Programs.
  
  
• UDAF Commissioner Blackham today offered praise for legislation introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch that would allow state-inspected beef to be shipped nationally.
  
  
• The 2006 Mormon cricket and grasshopper control program began June 1 near the Box Elder County town of Park Valley.
  
  
• UDAF announces the appointment of Richard W. Clark as Director of the Division of Regulatory Services.
  
  
• Governor Huntsman has signed the Rangeland
  Improvement Act, a bill that will help Utah livestock
  owners improve the health of grazing land.
  
  
• UDAF announces that $150,000 in special grants is available to counties and mosquito abatement districts to help prevent the spread of West Nile Virus in 2006. The deadline for application is April 21, 2006.
  
  
• UDAF announces the appointment of William J. (Bill) Hopkin as the Director of the Department's new Grazing Improvement Program (GIP).
  
  
• UDAF Launches Grazing Improvement Program
  
  
• Utah Lawmakers Enjoy a Taste of Utah's Own
  
  
• Update from the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UVDL)
  
  
• What the UDAF is doing to keep bird flu out of Utah poultry
  
  
• Read the latest issue of our Aquaculture Newsletter
  
  
• Utah’s Mormon cricket and grasshopper populations for
  this summer are projected to return to more normal levels.
  
  
• Spring 2006 Utah Agriculture News
  
  
• Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Proposes New Grazing Program to Help Rural Utah
  
  
• 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.
  

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