USD A Grants Protection To 51 New Plant Varieties
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 51
new varieties of seed-reproduced
plants. They include alfalfa, corn,
cotton, fescue, oat, rape, soybean,
sunflower, watermelon, wheat,
and wheatgrass.
The 51 certificates are being is
sued under the Plant Variety
Protection Act. The certificates
require that the varieties be new,
distinct, uniform, and stable. The
owners will have the exclusive
right to reproduce, sell, import
and export their products in the
United States for the duration of
protection.
The 51 certificates are:
• The 53V63, 5347LH, 54H55,
53V08, 57N02, 54V54, 54H69,
53H81, and 53Q60 varieties of al
falfa, developed by Pioneer Hi-
Bred International, Inc., John
ston, lowa.
• The ND2B7 and ND2BB va
rieties of com, developed by
USDA Announces
In 2001 Purchase
Milk And Milk
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA announced Thursday that
its Commodity Credit Corpora
tion will increase the price it pays
for butter by 19.99 cents to
$0.8548 per pound, and decrease
the price of nonfat dry milk by
10.32 cents to $0.9000 per pound.
The purchase prices for block
cheddar and barrel cheese remain
unchanged at $1.1314 and
$1.1014 per pound, respectively.
The 2001 Appropriations Bill ex
tended the price support program
through calendar year 2001 at
the 2000 support price of $9.90
per hundredweight of milk with
an annual average milk fat con
tent of 3.67 percent. The changes
are effective May 31.
The decision to change the but
ter and nonfat dry milk prices
was based on an accumulation of
nonfat dry milk stocks in quanti
ties well above USDA’s ability to
use the product; the level of ex
penditures to USDA, and signifi-
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• The PH3BD and PH24M va
rieties of com, developed by Pio
neer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,
Johnston, lowa.
• The NuCOTN 64s variety of
cotton, developed by Delta and
Pine Land Company, Scott, Miss.
• The Polaris variety of fescue,
developed by Turf Seed Inc.,
Hubbard, Ore.
• The Bardur variety of fes
cue, developed by Barenburg
Holland 8.V., Oosterhout, Neth
erlands.
• The Crossfire II variety of
fescue, developed by Pickseed
West, Inc., Tangent, Ore.
• The IMC 301 variety of
rape, developed by Cargil, Incor
porated, developed by Wayzata,
Minn.
• The 90831, 91812, 93835,
91853, 95832, 95853, 93854,
93807, 92895, 92838, 93865,
92874, 9452, and 92824 varieties
Adjustments
Prices For
Products
cant market distortions. The Ag
ricultural Market Transition Act
permits the USDA to adjust the
balance between the purchase
prices of butter and nonfat dry
milk twice each calendar year
under the Milk Price Support
Program.
Further terms and conditions
for purchases of dairy products
will be announced later.
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of soybean, developed by Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc.,
Johnston, lowa.
• The A 5404, AGIIOI,
AG4902, AG3702, AG3303,
AG4IOI, and AG4402 varieties of
soybean, developed by Asgrow
Seed Company LLC, Ames,
lowa.
• The 525-J5 variety of soy
bean, developed by Novartis
Seeds, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
• The MNO9O2CN variety of
soybean, developed by Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station,
St. Paul, Minn.
• The PFO9OR variety of sun
flower, developed by Panner Seed
Ltd., Dorset, United Kingdom.
• The # 790 HQ variety of wa
termelon, developed by Abbott &
Cobb, Inc., Feasterville, Pa.
Funds To Defray Organic Certification
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA recently announced the
availability of $1 million in fiscal
year 2001 funds to share the cost
of organic certification in Con
necticut, Delaware, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Utah, Vermont, West Vir
ginia, and Wyoming.
Each producer is eligible for
reimbursement of up to 70 per
cent of its cost of certification,
not to exceed $5OO.
The cost-share program will
assist eligible organic crop and
livestock producers in transition
ing into the new National Organ
ic Program and provide an incen
tive for early adoption of the
national standards by certifying
agents and producers.
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eration must be located within
one of the states named above
and must have been certified by a
certifying agent as of December
21,2000.
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• The 25R18 variety of com
mon wheat, developed by Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc.,
Windfall, Ind.
• The Reeder and Parshall va
rieties of common wheat, devel
oped by NDSU Research Foun
dation, Fargo, N.D.
• The Pristine variety of com
mon wheat, developed by West
ern Plant Breeders, Inc., Boze
man, Mont.
• The Crimson variety of com
mon wheat, developed by South
Dakota Agricultural Experiment
Station, Brookings, S.D.; the
Goldfield variety of common
wheat, developed by Agricultural
Research Programs Purdue Uni
versity, West Lafayette, Ind.; and
the Rodeo variety of oat, devel
oped by The Board of Trustees of
Funds will be distributed to the
states on a pro-rata basis, de
pending on the number of certi
fied organic producers within
each state. Each state is allowed
4 percent of the total amount
granted as an administration fee.
Applications by states for fed
eral assistance and cooperative
agreements must be requested
from a fid submitted to Robert
Container Collection At Rockspring
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture (PDA) and the
Plastic Pesticide Container Recy
cling (PPCR) program are spon
soring a collection event for plas
tic pesticide containers at the
2001 Ag Progress Days in Rock
spring, Aug. 14-16.
PDA staff will accept your
plastic pesticide containers and
drums up to 55 gallons at drop
off locations found at either en-
the University of Illinois, Urbana,
111.
• The Rush variety of wheat
grass, developed by USDA
NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials
Center, Aberdeen, Idaho.
USDA’s Agricultural Market
ing Service administers the Plant
Variety Protection Act, which
provides time limited marketing
protection to developers of new
and distinct seed-reproduced and
tuber-propagated plants ranging
from farm crops to flowers.
For more information about
the Plant Variety Protection Act,
contact the Plant Variety Protec
tion Office at (301) 504-5518,
(301) 504-5291 (fax), or
www.ams.usda.gov/science/
PVPO/pvp.htm (Website).
Pooler, Marketing Specialist, Na
tional Organic Program, USDA/
AMS/TMP/NOP, P.O. Box 96456,
Room 2510-South, Ag Stop 0268,
Washington, DC 20090-6456,
(202) 690-3655, fax: (202)
205-7808, or e-mail bob.poole
r@usda.gov. Additional informa
tion may be found at the Nation
al Organic Program’s homepage
at www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
trance. Containers must be:
• #2 HOPE pesticide
tainers.
• Clean inside and out.
• Triple-or pressure-rinsed.
• Caps and booklets removed.
• Drums must be cut into
eight pieces.
More information on the
PPCR collection program can be
obtained by contacting PDA at
(717)705-5858.
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