Secretary Schafer Discusses Farm Bill Implementation with DCP Announcement
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said USDA's announcement for signup beginning today (06/25/08) in the 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) helps deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment. Contracts are available today at USDA Service Centers and signup will continue until September 30, 2008. "Within weeks of its becoming law, we began to put a farm bill into the field and into the country," said Schafer. "USDA does what its employees do best: putting policy into action and delivering results." Photo: Floyd Gaibler, Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services (left), Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer (center), and Chuck Conner, Deputy Secretary. 06/25/08 USDA Photo 08di1421-16
