Broadcast Newsline: October 25, 2013
USDA’s recently announced that the agency had begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) annual rental payments to participants and that it will begin distributing 2013 Direct Payments and 2012 Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program payments this week.
Today's Cotton Newsline is 4 cuts. All cuts are Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council office in Washington, D.C.
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USDA's recently announced that the agency had begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) annual rental payments to participants and that it will begin distributing 2013 Direct Payments and 2012 Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program payments this week. Robbie Minnich, Senior Government Relations Representative for the National Cotton Council office in Washington, D.C. joins us today to share his feelings on the announcement.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement that
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Direct payments for 2013 for the DCP and ACRE programs are being made to the more than 1.7 million farms enrolled in the FSA's programs.
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The 2008 farm bill, extended by the American Tax Payer Relief Act of 2012, provides authority to enroll land in DCP, ACRE and CRP through September 30, 2013 according to Minnich. However…
