USDA Approves First Ever Guaranteed Loan for Commercial - Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Farm Bill Progress: January 2009

CSREES Seeks Stakeholder Input on National Institute of Food and Agriculture Transition
Input will be accepted until February 6, 2009

Farm Service Agency Fact Sheet on Direct Countercyclical Payments (DCP)

Farm Service Agency Fact Sheet on Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC)

USDA Announces New Office Of Ecosystem Services And Markets

Important Farm Bill Dates!
2008 Crop and CRP Acreage Reporting, Sign-up Deadlines, Crop Insurance, 2009-12 NAP Service Fees and 2008 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program (DCP).

Upcoming Farm Bill Meetings
Following passage of the new farm bill in late May 2008, USDA agencies are holding public meetings about how the new law will be implemented.

Fielding the Farm Bill - implementing the new law

Comment: Brenda Robinson Environmental Solutions (Sept 15, 2008)

Transcript: USDA Rural Development to Hold Public Meeting on Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions (Sept 4, 2008)

USDA Asks Public for Comments and Schedules Nine Public Meetings on Conservation Reserve Program (August 20, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Brings Obama Administration's "Rural Tour" to Iowa (August 19, 2009)

Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces First National Sign-Up for New Conservation Stewardship Program(August 6, 2009)

USDA Seeks Public Comment On The New Conservation Stewardship Program(July 31, 2009)

USDA's Farm Service Agency to Begin Accepting Applications for New Biomass Crop Assistance Program (July 29, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Encourages Eligible Producers to Enroll in Farmland Wetlands Program (July 27 2009)

USDA Will Not Issue Final 2008 Wheat, Barley and Oat Counter-Cyclical Payments (July 13 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Livestock Indemnity Program (July 7, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Urges Producers to Learn About New ACRE Program (June 23, 2009)

USDA Announces Revised 2009 Large Chickpea Loan Rates (June 17, 2009)

USDA Meets President Obama's 30-Day Biofuels Directive to Help Meet Country's Energy Needs (June 8, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Dedicates National Plant Materials Center in Honor of Norman A. Berg (May 15, 2009)

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces Funding for New Organics Initiative (May 5, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Extends Certain Conservation Reserve Program Contracts(May 1, 2009)

Progress Report: USDA Working to Revitalize Rural America, Provide Safe and Nutritious Food Supply(April 29, 2009)

Secretary Vilsack Awards $22.4 Million in Grants to States for the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (April 28, 2009)

USDA Announces 2009 County Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains and Oilseeds (April 24, 2009)

USDA Announces New Loan Repayment Rate Methods for Commodities Participating in the Marketing Assistance Loan Program (April 10, 2009)

ACRE Program Enrollment Opens on April 27 (April 9, 2009)

USDA Announces New Provisions for Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments (April 7, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $17 Million in Grants for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (April 7, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Reinstates Base Acreage on Federally-Owned Land (April 2, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces MILC Payments on Their Way to Dairy Farmers (April 1, 2009)

USDA Responds to Producer Concerns by Extending Sign-Up Date for DCP and ACRE Programs (March 31, 2009)

U.S. Department of Agriculture and Treasury Combine Forces to Combat Payment Fraud (March 19, 2009)

USDA to Award $5 Million in Grants to Increase Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (March 11, 2009)

Vilsack Announces Energy Audit Applications Now Being Accepted (March 11, 2009)

USDA Announces Planting Transferability Pilot Project in 7 States (Feb. 3, 2009)

Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Lays Out Priorities, Extends Comment Period for Payment Limitations Rule (Jan. 26, 2009)

Interim Final Rule Amends Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (Jan. 16, 2009)

USDA Seeks Public Comment on Changes to Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (Jan. 16, 2009)

USDA'S Interim Final Rule Amends Environmental Quality Incentives Program (Jan. 15 2009)

USDA Seeks Comments on Wetlands Reserve Program (Jan. 15 2009)

USDA and EPA Announce Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (Jan. 15, 2009)

Schafer Announces Availability 0f $58.4 Million to Producers, Entities Through New Conservation Program (Jan. 14, 2009)

USDA Fields Farm Bill, Prepares Ground for Next Administration

Learn more about the new Farm Bill
Link - Public Law version 6124 of the Farm Bill

PDF - Public Law version 6124 of the Farm Bill