CONSERVATION REPORT DELAYED UNTIL FRIDAY
Enrollment figures in the
Agriculture Department's fouth annual conservation signup will
be released tommorrow afternoon, a senior USDA official said.
    Bill Bailey, deputy administrator for USDA's Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, told Reuters that USDA
will announce enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) after the close of the futures markets.
    The report was originally scheduled to be released today.
No explanation was given for the postponement.
    Conservation specialists expect a heavy signup and said
enrollment could amount to more than the total of the first
three signups, which was 8.9 mln acres.
   
 Reuter
