Specialty Crops: 2008 Farm Bill Issues
Date: June 19, 2008
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Description: This report discusses the provisions for specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and nursery crops) in the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act). Specialty crops are not eligible for direct support under USDA's farm commodity price and income support programs. Federal policies on trade, conservation, credit, marketing programs, domestic food assistance, and research also all affect the specialty crop sector.
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Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education: Farm Bill Issues
Date: June 12, 2008
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Description: This report discusses the farm bill (P.L. 110-234) that will authorize and direct the implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) major programs across the spectrum of its mission areas through FY2012. The enacted bill reorganizes the Department's research, extension, and economics mission area, which currently comprises four agencies that separately administer intramural and extramural programs supporting agricultural research and development (R&D).
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Specialty Crops: 2007 Farm Bill Issues
Date: February 1, 2008
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Description: The report discusses the farm bill policies governing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs on marketing, which include crop insurance and disaster assistance, protection against pests and diseases, export promotion, and domestic food assistance.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98068/
Organic Agriculture in the United States: Program and Policy Issues
Date: February 15, 2008
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Description: This report discusses the law governing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs whose purpose is to give consumers confidence in the legitimacy of products sold as organic, and permit legal action against those who use the term fraudulently.
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Meat and Poultry Inspection Issues
Date: September 26, 2000
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs1225/
Sustainable Agriculture
Date: October 25, 1995
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs173/
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
Date: January 5, 2005
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6287/
Organic Foods and the Proposed Federal Certification and Labeling Program
Date: September 8, 1998
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs691/
Meat and Poultry Inspection Issues
Date: October 29, 2002
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs2855/
Meat and Poultry Inspection Issues
Date: May 24, 2002
Creator: Rawson, Jean M
Description: None
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