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Press Releases and Articles
Current UDAF Press Releases and Articles
- Commissioner Blackham Responds to Editorial Opinion on Agriculture
- UDAF Brand Inspector Honored for Heroism
- How to select the perfect turkey, and tips on food safety
- UDAF encourages industry groups, academia, and community
based-organizations to apply for grants to assist specialty crop production
- UDAF announces the launch of a new Internet tool designed to assist the public in searching for and/or renewing their agriculture-oriented license.
- Utah’s high school rodeo cowboys and cowgirls won their third consecutive national crown during the National High School Final Rodeo competition in Farmington, New Mexico this summer.
- Utah Emergency Animal Response Coalition (UEARC) is offering a Disaster Animal Response Training on October 24-26 2008. This training event is intended for volunteer animal response personnel and veterinarians throughout the state.
- What is UDAF doing to assure consumers are getting
what they pay for at the pump?
- BLM Honors UDAF With Outstanding Partner Award
- UDAF Awards $2 Million in Grants To Fight War on Cheatgrass
- A recent poll commissioned by UDAF shows that Wasatch
Front residents place a high value on farming and ranching,
and support livestock grazing on public lands.
- Gasoline Pump Investigation Results
- Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Moves
to 4-day week August 4th
- Utah's Own & Mountainland Apples Praise Food Distributors
for Promoting Local Products
- China Trade Mission Creates Future Opportunities for Utah Farmers & Ranchers
- State Veterinarian Earl Rogers was recently awarded the Veterinarian of the Year by the Utah Veterinary Medical Association.
- UDAF Japanese Beetle Inspectors Work With Real Salt Lake Soccer to Prevent Insect Infestation
- UDAF Statement on FDA Warning on
Red Raw Tomatoes
- 2008 Orem Japanese Beetle Treatment
to Begin June 13
- A reward is being offered to help locate and convict those responsible for the shooting of 10 cows in Tooele County.
The reward fund currently sits at $10,000.
- UDAF collected nearly 9 tons of unwanted pesticides during this year's disposal program.
- UDAF Commissioner Leonard Blackham has appointed Stephen H. Ogilvie the Director of the Division of Administrative Services.
- UDAF awards more than $100,000 in grants to specialty crop farmers
- Utah beekeepers are experiencing heavy losses this spring, possibly due to Colony Collapse Disorder.
- UDAF is holding its annual free pesticide pick up on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in Santaquin, Utah.
- Celebrate Ag Day 2008 with UDAF.
- UDAF, working with the Utah Partners for Conservation and Development (UPCD) has secured major reinforcements from the Utah Legislature for the war on cheatgrass.
- Participate in the Great Utah Agriculture Survey.
- Commissioner Blackham Attends EPA First Farm Advisory Committee Meeting
- UDAF Position on Food & Dairy Labeling Proposed Rule
- UDAF Brand Inspectors Use Technology to Track Animals
- UDAF Commissioner Blackham appointed to
EPA Agricultural Advisory Committee
- The Division of Regulatory Services is taking public comment on a proposed rule R70-340 (False Or Misleading Food, Milk And Dairy Product Labels, Labeling And Advertisements) and a public hearing will be held February 26, 1:00 pm, at the UDAF Main Conference Room at 350 North Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- UDAF Position on Perchlorate
- UDAF Livestock Brand Inspector Assists Deputies
in Disturbing Cattle Theft Investigation
- War on Cheatgrass presentation
- UDAF is advising people with long-term food storage pantries to check for recalled food items because of the potential for Botulism contamination.
- State Veterinarian Dr. Earl Rogers advises cattle ranchers to refuse any offers of low-cost pet food as a feed source for their animals.
- Cattle theft investigation lands two suspects in jail
- The Utah Conservation Commission is now accepting nominations for three of the five elected board positions
on 38 local Conservation Districts (CD) across the state.
- 2008 Grants Available for Specialty
Crop Production
- UDAF has received $2.5 million to help rehabilitate grazing lands burned in the Milford Flat Fire in Beaver and Millard Counties
and other fires in Utah in 2007.
View photos of the reseeding effort
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