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Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.


Global Fertilizer Challenge

Release: Excerpted from White House Fact Sheet June 17, 2022.


USDA-APHIS offers new grant application process starting June 16

National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) 2022 grant opened on June 16.


News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 - "Nutrition Information/Misinformation: Who's Right? Who Gets to Decide?" is the title of distinguished nutrition scientist Alice H. Lichtenstein's 2022 Agricultural Research Service W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, presented virtually today at 10 a.m. at Nutrition 2022, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.


USDA Deputy Secretary Bronaugh to Lead United Kingdom Trade Mission

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2022 – Representatives from 37 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to London, United Kingdom (UK), June 22-24.


Agriculture Department discusses Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request on June 15

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairman David Scott Releases Statement Following Farm Bill Hearing on the Role of Climate Research in Supporting Agricultural Resiliency

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement after today's hearing titled “The Role of Climate Research in Supporting Agricultural Resiliency."


Agriculture Committee and the bills it addressed on June 15

There was activity on five bills related to the Agriculture Committee on June 15.


Chairman David Scott Opening Statement at Hearing “The Role of Climate Research in Supporting Agricultural Resiliency”

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing “The Role of Climate Research in Agricultural Resiliency."


Farm Service Agency Now Accepting Nominations for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on Local County Committees

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now accepting nominations for county committee members. Elections will occur in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for members. LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area. 



Rural Utilities Service set to publish a new notice on June 17

There are two releases scheduled to be published on June 17.


New notice from Agriculture Department to be published on June 17

There is one release scheduled to be published on June 17.


Release: . NAVVCB. The NAVVCB allows APHIS to stockpile animal vaccines and other related products, serving as an effective insurance policy in the extremely rare chance of an outbreak of certain high-consequence foreign animal diseases, like foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. APHIS will invest an additional ...


USDA Selects 2022 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today named 20 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Hispanic-Serving School Districts around the nation as new E. Kika De La Garza Fellows.


News Release: NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 Today during a meeting with United Nations ambassadors and officials at the U.S. Mission to the U.N., United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine are entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance coordination between the U.S. and Ukrainian agriculture and food sectors and build a strategic partnership to address food security.


USDA-FAS grant application closes on July 18

Kenya Solar Cold Storage grant opened on June 16.


Chairman David Scott Releases Statement Following Farm Bill Hearing on Non-SNAP USDA Nutrition Programs

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement after today's hearing titled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Non-SNAP USDA Nutrition Programs."


USDA Designates Piute County, Utah, as Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Chair Cheri Bustos Opening Statement at Hearing, "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities and Title XI Crop Insurance"

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chair Cheri Bustos delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities and Title XI Crop Insurance."