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RULES: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act; direct and counter-cyclical program; Correction,
Published: 2003-12-05
This document also corrects the regulations published by the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) entitled ``Direct and Counter
Cyclical Program'' and ``Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency
Payments.'' Corrections are necessary for provisions that conflict with
statute or other program requirements and are intended to ensure that
Agency
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2003-12-01
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to
request an extension for, and revision to, currently approved
information collections in support of the regulations governing the
foreign donation of agricultural commodities under the section 416(b)
and Food for
RULES: Tobacco,
Published: 2003-11-20
This action amends the Tobacco Loan Program regulations to
reflect a statutory change that removes the former statutory
requirement that tobacco must be insured to be eligible for price
support loans and to revise various organizational titles and OMB
information collection control numbers.
PROPOSED RULES: Warehouses for interest commodity storage; approval standards,
Published: 2003-11-20
This proposed rule is offered to revise regulations covering
the storage of commodities in which the Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) has an interest. For the most part, those commodities are
acquired in connection with nonrecourse commodity loan programs that
benefit farmers. This rule will consolidate the regulations for all
commodities stored
NOTICES: Nonfat dry milk,
Published: 2003-11-19
On November 12, 2003, the President, Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC), who is the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm
and Foreign Agricultural Services, determined that 100,000 metric tons
of nonfat dry milk in CCC inventory will be made available for donation
overseas under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as
amended, during
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2003-10-21
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Commodity Credit Corporation is seeking approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain freight rates to haul agricultural products for the Department of Agriculture.
This information collection will allow CCC to establish the lowest
cost of movement, via Motor
NOTICES: 2002-crop sugar marketing allotments and allocations; revisions,
Published: 2003-10-16
This notice is to announce that the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) has reassigned the unused 2002crop (Fiscal Year
2003) allocations among cane and beet sugar processors. This
announcement lists the final revised 2002crop sugar marketing
allotments and allocations. This reassignment is effective September
26, 2003, and applies to all domestic
RULES: Crop Disaster Program and Livestock Assistance Program; Correction,
Published: 2003-09-26
This document contains a correction to the final rule
published by the Commodity Credit Corporation on Thursday, June 26,
2003. The language in the preamble under the heading ``Environmental
Assessment'' was incorrect. This document corrects that language to
reflect the level of analysis performed by the agency prior to
publication of that rule.
RULES: Extra long staple loan cotton; outside storage,
Published: 2003-08-18
This rule amends cotton loan eligibility, packaging, and
storage approval requirements to permit extra long staple (ELS) cotton
to be stored outside while pledged as collateral for a Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) marketing assistance loan. The intent of this rule is
to permit producers to reduce storage costs for ELS cotton without
increasing
RULES: Sugar Beet Disaster Program,
Published: 2003-08-18
This rule implements provisions of the Agricultural Assistance
Act of 2003, related to the Sugar Beet Disaster Program. This program
will assist sugar beet producers who suffered production losses for
either the 2001 or 2002 crop year due to weather related disasters
which resulted in the prevention of planting or the reduction of
quantity or
NOTICES: 2003 Hurricane Assistance Program; Louisiana sugarcane producers and processers,
Published: 2003-08-07
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this Notice
to implement section 207 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003.
This Act requires CCC to provide compensation to Louisiana sugarcane
producers and processors who suffered economic losses from the
cumulative effects of Tropical Storm Isadore, Hurricane Lili, and
excessive rains in
NOTICES: Sugarcane State allotments and processor allocations; public hearing,
Published: 2003-08-07
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will hold a public
hearing to receive comments on establishing sugarcane State allotments
and sugarcane processor allocations of those allotments for the 2003
crop.
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2003-08-01
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) to request extension of a currently approved information
collection. The collection is used to conduct a National Nonprofit
Humanitarian Program 501(c)(3) for purposes of expanding current
disposition options for
RULES: Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program; implementation,
Published: 2003-07-18
This rule finalizes the interim rule which implemented the
Commodity Credit Corporation's Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops
program to help open, retain, and expand markets for U.S. specialty
crops.
NOTICES: Quality Samples Program,
Published: 2003-07-18
The Commodity Credit Corporation is extending the time for
submission of proposals for the Fiscal Year 2003 Quality Samples
Program.
NOTICES: Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program,
Published: 2003-07-18
Commodity Credit Corporation has published elsewhere in this
issue a final rule establishing the ``Technical Assistance for
Specialty Crops'' program to help open, retain, and expand markets for
U.S. specialty crops.
NOTICES: New Mexico Tebuthiuron Program,
Published: 2003-07-08
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice
to inform all interested parties of the 2003 New Mexico Tebuthiuron
Program (NMTP). The NMTP was authorized by the Agricultural Assistance
Act of 2003 (the 2003 Act), which requires the Secretary to reimburse
certain agricultural producers on farms in New Mexico for losses
related to
NOTICES: Domestic sugar program; crop sugar marketing allotments and allocations,
Published: 2003-06-26
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) increased the 2002-crop
overall allotment quantity (OAQ) of domestic sugar by 463,000 short
tons, raw value (STRV) to 8.663 million STRV on May 13, 2003. In
addition, CCC reassigned unused cane and beet sugar allocations between
respective processors on May 19, 2003.
RULES: Crop Disaster Program and Livestock Assistance Program,
Published: 2003-06-26
This rule implements portions of the Agricultural Assistance
Act of 2003 to provide croploss disaster assistance for producers who
suffered 2001 or 2002 crop losses and to establish a Livestock
Assistance Program. This rule also implements provisions of the
Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (2003 Appropriations Act)
that add the
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2003-06-16
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations on a new information
collection needed by the CCC to establish market values for wheat, feed
grains, soybeans, minor oilseeds, and pulses.
NOTICES: Grassland Reserve Program,
Published: 2003-06-13
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces the
availability of $49,492,000 to implement the Grassland Reserve Program
(GRP) in fiscal year 2003. Section 2401 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107171) amended the Food Security Act
of 1985 to authorize this program. The Secretary of Agriculture
delegated the
NOTICES: Beet sugar; State marketing allotments and allocations; public hearing,
Published: 2003-06-05
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will hold a public
hearing to receive comments on (1) a new entrant's beet sugar
allocation request and possible impacts on existing beet processors and
producers, and (2) increasing an existing beet processor's allocation
beginning in FY 2004.
RULES: Program participation; income limits,
Published: 2003-06-04
This rule sets forth at 7 CFR part 1400 the regulations to
implement provisions of the Farm Security Act of 1985 (1985 Act) as
amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002
Act) regarding limits on the income of individuals and entities
eligible for certain USDA commodity and conservation programs. These
regulations set forth
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2003-06-02
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC) to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved
information collection in support of the CCC's Export Enhancement
Program (EEP) and the CCC's Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) based
on
RULES: Crop insurance linkage,
Published: 2003-05-30
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is removing obsolete
references from its regulations requiring producers to obtain at least
a catastrophic level of crop insurance for each crop of economic
significance in order to be eligible for payment under certain
programs, which are no longer in operation.