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ND Department of Agriculture
Testimony, Speeches and Comments
January 6, 2009
We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the interim rule regarding Farm Program Payment Limitation and Payment Eligibility for 2009 and Subsequent Crop, Program, or Fiscal Years. |
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September 29, 2008
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture congratulates the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service on issuing the Interim Final Rule on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Portk, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng, and Macadamia Nuts. |
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June 16, 2008
Comments regarding the request made by Governor Perry of Texas to
EPA to waive 50 percent of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) “mandate for the
production of ethanol derived from grain.”
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0380 |
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April 16, 2008
Surface Transportation Board - Testimony on Adequate and Fair Rail Service |
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October 16, 2007
Noxious
Weed Law – Agriculture Law Rewrite – Interim
Agriculture Committee |
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May 30 , 2007
Challenges
and Opportunities for Agriculture & Wheat in North Dakota |
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May 1, 2007
Commissioner Johnson's testimony in support of establishing
normal trade relations with the Republic of Cuba. |
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April 3, 2007
Commissioner Johnson's testimony on the 2007 Farm Bill at Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry,Fargo, North Dakota |
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September 8, 2006
Commissioner Johnson's comments on the proposed Combination Basic
and Crop Provisions rules. |
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July 26, 2005
Commissioner
Johnson's testimony on the USDA Farm Bill Forum at the North
Dakota State Fair, July 26, 2005. |
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June 22, 2005
Commissioner
Johnson’s prepared remarks on the
introduction of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act. |
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April 15, 2004
The
North Dakota Department of Agriculture appreciates the opportunity to
comment on the above referenced proposed rule. The stated purpose of the
proposed rule is to streamline regulations governing the direct Farm Loan
Programs and accomplish the following: Simplify and clarify direct loan
regulations; implement the recommendations of the USDA Civil Rights Action
Team; meet the goals and objectives of the National Performance Review;
and separate Farm Service Agency's (FSA) direct Farm Loan Programs regulations
from Rural Development mission area loan program regulations. |
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March 9, 2004
Thank
you for the opportunity to offer comments on the proposed administrative
rules relating to state employee employment issues. I wish to offer general
comments about the proposed rule changes. |
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March 2, 2004
The
North Dakota Department of Agriculture appreciates the opportunity to
comment on the proposed Conservation Security Program (CSP) authorized
in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. USDA's proposed
rules fall short of capturing Congress' intent to make the program available
to producers nationwide, to allow producers to achieve conservation goals
by enrolling in the program, and to provide meaningful stewardship incentives
for program participants. |
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January 9, 2004
Testimony
on Senate Budget Committee Hearing on BSE and Related Issues held by US
Senator Kent Conrad in the Pioneer Room of the North Dakota State Capitol,
Bismarck, North Dakota, January 9, 2004 at 10:00 AM. |
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January 2, 2004
Comments
on BSE Minimal Risk Regions and Importation Commodities
Ocober 9, 2003
Agricultural
Trade Issues
March 26, 2003
Comments
on the Application on Payment Limitations for Agriculture
March 18, 2003
Testimony
for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
December 2, 2002
Comments
from Agriculture Commissioner, Roger Johnson to the Director of the Product
Development Division, Risk Management Agency, USDA regarding proposed
rules on Federal Crop Insurance from the Proposed Rules: Federal Register,
September 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 181)
December 2, 2002
Comments
from Agriculture Commissioner, Roger Johnson to Dan McGlynn, Production,
Emergencies, and Compliance Division, USDA regarding farm program payment
eligibility from the Proposed Rules: Federal Register, October 28, 2002
(Volume 67, Number 208)
October 24, 2002
USDA
Public Comment Meeting
On Pulse Crop Loan & Repayment Rates
Minot Municipal Auditorium
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Minot, North Dakota
October 24, 2002 - 9:00 am
August 20, 2002
U.S.
Senate Budget Committee Hearing
U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, Chairman
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
NDSU Memorial Union, Prairie Rose Room
August 20, 2002 - 9:30 a.m.
July 18, 2002
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competition
July 18, 2002 - 2:00 p.m.
For Pesticide Harmonization Bill S532
June 28, 2002
Letter
from Agriculture Commissioner, Roger Johnson and Dr. Larry Schuler, North
Dakota State Veterinarian to Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3C71 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, Maryland to commend
APHIS for the proactive proposed rules to address owner indenmities for
animals destroyed because of a major communicable disease outbreak.
June 26, 2002
Written
Statement of Roger Johnson North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
before the House Agriculture Committee on Transferring USDAs Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to the proposed Department
of Homeland Security
March 22, 2002
Draft
Pesticide Registration Notice 2001-X, "Spray and Dust Drift Label
Statements for Pesticide Products"
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
January 14, 2002
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Proposed Rule
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
January 8, 2002
Farm
Bill Hearing, US Senate Budget Committee
Testimony of Roger Johnson
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Bismarck Civic Center, Room 101, 9:00 a.m.
August 31, 2001
Testimony
of Roger Johnson, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, August 31, 2001,
on farm bill issues today.
July 30, 2001
A
letter to the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Proposed Rule Office
of Water Engineering and Analysis Division (403), United States Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20460
regarding the proposed rule relating to the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines
and Standards for Concentrated Feeding Operations.
October 30, 2000
A
letter to Rebecca Davis, Production, Emergencies and Compliance Division,
Farm Service Agency, USDA, Washington, DC. Submitting the following
comments on the proposed rule regarding contract violations and diminution
in payments with respect to fruit and vegetable planting payment reductions
(Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 195, pgs. 59759-59761).
May 16, 2000
A
letter to The Honorable Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives
and The Honorable Trent Lott, Majority Leader on the issue of maintaining
your strong commitment on the U.S. trade with China from the Commissioners,
Secretaries and Directors of agriculture of our respective states.
August 28, 2000
Comments
given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson and Mike Clemens,
President of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association on the proposed
rule for the Bioenergy Program (Federal Register/ Vol. 65, No. 145,
Thursday, July 27, 2000, pgs. 46115-46119).
June 29, 2000
Testimony
of Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota,
to House Agriculture Committee, on review of factors affecting domestic
and international agricultural input prices.
June 9, 2000
Comments
given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson on the interim
rule for the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Federal Register/ Vol.
65, No. 92, Thursday, May 11, 2000, pgs. 30345-30351).
June 5, 2000
Comments
given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson on the proposed
Organic Rules.
May 1, 2000
Testimony
of Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota,
to House Agriculture Committee, Field Hearing, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota on May 2, 2000.
April 26, 2000
Testimony
of Roger Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture, State of North Dakota
relating to U.S.-Canada trade and global agricultural trade issues at
the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission Hearing in Kansas City, MO.
April 14, 2000
Livestock
Mandatory Reporting comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture,
Roger Johnson in a April 14, 2000 letter to John E. Van Dyke, Chief, Livestock
and Grain Market News Branch, Washington, DC 20250-0252.
January 20, 2000
Grassland
comments given by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Roger Johnson in a
January 20, 2000 letter to Larry Dawson, Northern Great Plains Planning,
Chadron, Nebraska.
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