Goodlatte Leads the Charge in Congress by Calling on the President to Ease Gasoline Prices With Stategic Petroleum Policy Shift (March 22, 2004) ...read more
Goodlatte Applauds USTR for Filing WTO Case Against Mexico Involving Two Discriminatory Taxes (March 16, 2004) ...read more
Agriculture Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the Peanut Program (March 11,
2004) …read more
In the Spotlight
More eGovernment solutions through an electronic Customer Statement. The
Customer Statement will be a focal point for providing agricultural producers
access to their USDA information and facilitating online business with USDA
…read more
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announces USDA’s intention to
update and strengthen its biotechnology regulations for the importation, interstate
movement and environmental release of certain genetically engineered (GE) organisms
…read more
Updated information and resources on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
from USDA …read more
Sign-up begins December 1, 2003 for a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
initiative to restore up to 500,000 acres of floodplains by planting bottomland
hardwood trees on private lands. …read more
Disaster Assistance is available to farmers and ranchers who have suffered
losses as a result of the Southern California wildfires …read more
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service releases proposed rule for mandatory
Country of Origin Labeling of beef, lamb, pork, fish, perishable agriculture
commodities, and peanuts. …read
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