By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement highlighting key accomplishments of the Department of Agriculture to create more and better markets since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Biden-Harris Administration immediately...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program grant opened on Jan. 19.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Release: By Cindy Long. Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. WASHINGTON, Jan.19, 2022 - It's no secret that supply chain issues experienced across the country have created challenges with food accessibility. Rising COVID-19 cases along with severe weather complicated the flow of goods and services, yet USDA...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2020 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The summary shows that more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s first-year accomplishments to help create better market opportunities for rural businesses, their suppliers and their customers.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Release: Washington - USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today recognized the strides made toward advancing market opportunities in America’s food and agriculture industries throughout year one of the Biden-Harris Administration. Through efforts to strengthen the food supply chain, USDA and the administration have demonstrated their steadfast commitment to creating economic opportunity and promoting fairness for American farmers, producers, and consumers.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement highlighting key accomplishments of the Department of Agriculture to create more and better markets since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Biden-Harris Administration immediately...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 19, 2022 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is making up to $10 million available to help people living in rural towns develop community renewable energy projects that will help them cut their energy costs and contribute...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced major accomplishments during the first year of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to build more and better markets for U.S. farmers and ranchers.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed Secretary Vilsack’s statement highlighting USDA’s work to create more and better markets for agricultural producers. With the resources provided by Congress in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed two additional findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds - one in Colleton County, South Carolina and one in Hyde County, North Carolina. These finds ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Stephen Smeal and Mendy Smeal, a Texas partnership, doing business as Fatted Calf Cattle Farms #6 (Fatted Calf Cattle), on Nov. 30, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-02. Jan. 18, 2022Subject: APHIS Adds an Infested Field in the Pale Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) Regulated area in Idaho To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials On Nov. 29, 2021, during a routine delimiting survey, the Animal and Plant Health ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s first-year accomplishments to combat climate change and increase resiliency throughout rural America.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2022 – “Today, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the United States has prevailed in the first dispute settlement panel proceeding under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The panel agreed with the United States that Canada is unfairly restricting access to its market for U.S. dairy products by breaching its USMCA commitments regarding allocation of dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, welcomed Secretary Vilsack’s statement on USDA’s work to combat climate change using the resources provided through the 2018 Farm Bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, and other ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2022 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced additional regional positions, including three Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and two Rural Development (RD) State Directors.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2022 – Speaking at a White House event focused on competition in agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland expressed their shared commitment to effectively enforcing federal competition laws that protect farmers, ranchers, and other ...
