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MEDIA RELEASE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Office of Communications News Room 460-A Washington, DC 20250-1300 Internet: News @usda.gov Phone: 202-720-4623 World Wide Web Home Page: http://www.usda.gov Release No. 0291.08 Contact: Jonathan Groveman (202) 720-4178 USDA Provides $77 Million to Repair Farmland Damaged by Flood and Drought WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2008 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today said that farmers and ranchers will receive $77 million in Emergency Conservation Program funds to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters in 2008. For Full Story: |