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USDA-NRCS grant application closes on March 29

Conservation Innovation Grants Ohio Program grant opened on Feb. 10.


Climate-Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets | Hear What They’re Saying

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – Yesterday at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $1 billion in partnerships to support climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.


USDA Seeks Nominations for Members to Science and Research Advisory Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is soliciting continuous nominations for membership to its National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board and its committees. The NAREEE Board is comprised of 15 members representing a specific ...


American Agricultural Exports Shattered Records in 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce this morning shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products to the world totaled $177 billion, topping the 2020 total by 18 percent and eclipsing the previous record, set in 2014, by 14.6 percent.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Allows Resumption of Prince Edward Island Tablestock Potatoes into Puerto Rico

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the resumption of tablestock potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, into Puerto Rico. USDA has determined the importation of these potatoes under specified conditions poses little risk of introducing potato wart disease, a soil-borne disease that reduces yield and marketability, to Puerto Rico.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in commercial poultry ...


USDA to Invest $1 Billion in Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2022 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today at Lincoln University that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is delivering on its promise to expand markets by investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners.


USDA to Invest $1 Billion in Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

News Release: Funding Opportunity Opens to Pilot New Revenue Streams for America’s Climate-Smart Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Landowners


USDA Designates Grayson County, Texas, as a 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...


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-06. February 8, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas quarantined for both sweet orange ...


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-03. Feb. 2, 2022To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) are establishing five new quarantine areas for citrus canker in Brazoria, ...


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-04. Feb. 2, 2022 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials. Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the Karnal bunt regulated areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona. Following a review of the ...


USDA Invests $240,000 to Improve Infrastructure for Northern Michigan Communities

News Release: United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director for Michigan Brandon Fewins today announced infrastructure investments in seven northern Michigan communities.


Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is pleased to announce the final outlining how the Agency will advance surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging zoonotic diseases. -Read More-


Release: Private exporters reported sales of 240,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.



The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rule published on Feb. 7 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.