Final 2004 Upland Cotton CCP rate set at 13.73 cents
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced the final 2004 crop Counter-cyclical Payment rate for Upland cotton at 13.73 cents per pound. Eligible producers may have received two partial CCP payments, 9.61 cents already and 4.12 cents still due, with payments based on the 2002 Farm Bill rules and the low marketing year prices.
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USDA
Agriculture
Mike Johanns
Verett
WTACI
Roger Haldenby
West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute
West Texas
Agricultural Chemicals
Plains Cotton Growers
Steve Verett
Benny
Kay White
Lamesa
Kay
Benny White
PCG
Monsanto
Shawn Wade
High Plains
Randy Boman
Texas A&m University Research and Extension Center
Lubbock
Lubbock Center
Texas
United States
West
Rita Ravaged Texas Coast as Evacuations intensified
Ed Sterling reports Rita's approach drove up to 3 million people from coastal areas. The hurricane made landfall near the Louisiana border with 100 mph winds, causing widespread damage and estimates up to 20 billion. Gov. Perry recalled National Guard while Bush declared a Texas emergency and ordered evacuations.
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Austin
Gulf of Mexico
Lone Star State
Sabine Pass
Louisiana
Jefferson
Orange
Jasper
Newton
Rick Perry
Texas National Guard
Galveston
Perry
George W. Bush
Texas
USDA private sector protocols threaten U.S. farmers
Guest Column argues private multinational buyer standards, led by EuropGAP with 254 items, will dictate how farmers run operations. US growers show little awareness or action, risking exclusion from shelves and loss of export profits as private, not government, rules gain global reach.
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Thomas D. Rowley
Washington State
U.S
Europe
Jerry Nagel
Eliot Glassheim
Northern Great Plains, Inc
World Trade Organization
Ned Meister
Texas Farm Bureau
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Texas Press Association
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Peggy Hamric
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R-Lampasas
Bob Griggs
North Richland Hills
Terry Keel
Joe Nixon
R Houston
Richard Raymond
Claredo
Jim Solis
Texas Senate
Todd Staples
R Palestine
Gonzalo Barrientos
D Austin
John Lindsay
John Sharp
Sharp
Texas Supreme Court
Gov. Perry
Governor's Criminal Justice Division
Big Tex
Historic Fair Park
Dallas
Texas-Ou
Eurepgap
Costa Rica
Chile
Washington
Department of Agriculture