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What did Agriculture Department publish on Feb. 7?

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


Agriculture Department publishes rule on Feb. 7

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


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $17.6 million to California as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to protect the U.S. nursery system. Overall, USDA is providing ...


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating almost $2 million to Massachusetts as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


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.


USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 8

Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas grant opened on Feb. 8.


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

Release: Washington - 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. -Read More-


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 8

FY22 Conservation Innovation Grants Vermont State Program grant opened on Feb. 8.


USDA Provides More than $1.9 Million to Support Projects that Protect New York Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.9 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, ...


USDA Provides More than $2.3 Million to Projects that Protect North Carolina Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $2.3 million to North Carolina as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.


USDA Provides More than $1.2 Million to Support Projects that Protect Pennsylvania Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.2 million to Pennsylvania from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to ...


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $4.7 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


USDA-RHS offers new grant application process starting Feb. 8

Rural Community Development Initiative grant opened on Feb. 8.


USDA Provides More than $3 Million to Support Projects that Protect Texas Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $3 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


Chair Cheri Bustos Opening Statement at Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie

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 Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie.".


USDA Provides more than $70 Million to Protect Crops and Natural Resources from Invasive Pests and Diseases in 2022

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 372 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation; to safeguard the ...


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.3 million to Idaho as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


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Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.3 million to Hawaii as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.5 million to Oregon as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...