[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 13 (Friday, January 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3184-3185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1082]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today 
accepted a petition filed by the Spokane Hutterian Brethren, Reardan, 
Washington 99029, for trade adjustment assistance for seed potato 
producers in the state of Washington. The Administrator will determine 
within 40 days whether or not increasing seed potato imports 
contributed importantly to a decline in domestic producer prices of 20 
percent or more during the marketing period beginning February 2004 and 
ending May 2004. If the determination is positive, all producers who 
market their seed potatoes in

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Washington will be eligible to apply to the Farm Service Agency for 
technical assistance at no cost and for adjustment assistance payments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade 
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 6, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 05-1082 Filed 1-19-05; 8:45 am]
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