• Video | Audio | Photo from the White House signing ceremony (requires RealPlayer) | Transcript (May 13)
• Sec. Veneman's Remarks on the President’s Signing of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (May 13)
• USDA Launches Farm Bill Implementation Web Site (May 14)
• USDA Team Actively Working on Farm Bill Implementation (May 15)
• Recorded Webcast of the Secretary on the 2002 Farm Bill (requires RealPlayer) | Transcript (May 15)
• USDA Tests Making Farm Bill Payments Via the Internet National Implementation Expected Next Year (May 21)
• Transcript of Sec. Veneman, FFAS Under Secretary J.B. Penn, Chief Economist Keith Collins, and FSA Administrator James Little discussing the Farm Bill (May 21)
• Statement by Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding Farm Bill Criticism (May 21)
• Transcript of Foreign Press Center Briefing with FFAS Under Secretary J.B. Penn on the 2002 Farm Bill and the Implications for World Trade (May 22)
• Side-by-side Comparison of 1996 and 2002 Farm Bills Now Available (May 23)

General Information (Top of Page)

Title	Section(s) Related to RMA and/or Its Programs
Title I:	Commodity Programs (PDF file) | General Analysis Subtitle A -- Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments | Direct Payments: General Analysis / Detailed Analysis | Counter-cyclical Payments: General Analysis / Detailed Analysis Section 1202 -- Loan Rates for Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans Section 1206 -- Payments in Lieu of Loan Deficiency Payments for Grazed Acreage: Prohibition on Crop Insurance or Non-Insured Crop Assistance Subtitle C -- Peanuts | General Analysis / Detailed Analysis / Managers bulletin Section 1309 -- Termination of Marketing Quota Programs for Peanuts and Compensation to Peanuts and Compensation to Peanut Quota Holders for Loss of Quota Asset Value
Title II:	Conservation (PDF file) | General Analysis / Detailed Analysis Subtitle F -- Other Conservation Programs | General Analysis Section 2501 -- Agricultural Management Assistance
Title III:	Trade (PDF file) | General Analysis Subtitle A -- Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and Related Statutes | General Analysis Section 3014 -- John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program
Title IV:	Nutrition Programs (PDF file) | General Analysis None.
Title V:	Credit (PDF file) | General Analysis / Detailed Analysis None.
Title VI:	Rural Development (PDF file) | General Analysis None.
Title VII:	Research and Related Matters (PDF file) | General Analysis Subtitle D -- New Authorities | General Analysis Section 7405 -- Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Title VIII:	Forestry (PDF file) | Analysis will be available from the USDA's Forest Service None.
Title IX:	Energy (PDF file) | General Analysis None.
Title X:	Miscellaneous Provisions (PDF file) | General Analysis Subtitle A -- Crop Insurance | General Analysis Section 10001 -- Equal Crop Insurance Treatment of Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes Section 10002 -- Continuous Coverage Section 10003 -- Quality Loss Adjustment Procedures | Interim Rule Amending Common Crop Insurance Regulations | Interim Rule Amending Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Sunflower, Coarse Grains, Safflower, Dry Pea, Rice, and Dry Bean Crop Insurance Provisions Section 10004 -- Adjusted Gross Revenue Insurance Pilot Program | AGR Pilot Expansion Section 10005 -- Sense of Congress on Expansion of Crop Insurance Coverage Section 10006 -- Report on Specialty Crop Insurance Subtitle B -- Disaster Assistance | General Analysis Section 10108 -- Study of Feasibility of Producer Indemnification from Government-caused Disasters Subtitle H -- Administration | Part of Title X General Analysis Section 10706 -- Implementation Funding and Information Management Section 10707 -- Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Section 10708 -- Transparency and Accountability for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers: Public Disclosure Requirements for County Committee Elections

Analysis (Top of Page)

• Side-by-side comparison of the 1996 and 2002 farm bills
• Detailed Analysis
• Glossary
• Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) State-by-State Analysis (PDF file; requires Acrobat Reader)

Background (Top of Page)

• Conference Report, May 1, 2002 (PDF file)
• Background Publications from USDA and the Economic Research Service
• Summary Report, April 30, 2002
• USDA Report -- Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century, September 2001