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Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-01. Jan. 11, 2022Subject: APHIS Removes Pale Cyst Nematode (Globodera pallida) Associated Fields From Regulation in IdahoTo: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials. On Nov. 22, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released ...

Export Sales to China and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.

USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting Jan. 12

Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects grant opened on Jan. 12.

Chairman David Scott Opening Statement at Hearing “Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America”

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing “Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America".

Senate Agriculture Committee Advances Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Margo Schlanger

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced that the Committee voted to advance Dr. Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, and Margo Schlanger to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

Bipartisan and Bicameral Letter from Ag Committees Calls for CFTC Guidance on Digital Assets

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.), along with House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott (D-Ga.) and Ranking Member Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-Penn.) sent a letter to Rostin Behnam, Chairman ...

Agriculture Department publishes notice on Jan. 10

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published on Jan. 10 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

What did Agriculture Department publish on Jan. 10?

The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Notice published by Agriculture Department on Jan. 10

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Export Sales to Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 100,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting Jan. 11

Small Business Innovation Research Program - Phase II grant opened on Jan. 11.

USDA-NIFA grant application closes on March 30

New Beginning for Tribal Students Program grant opened on Jan. 11.

Device Sniffs Out the "Smell-fingerprints" of Pestered Plants

News Release: A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has developed an electronic nose to sniff out whitefly infestations of tomato plants.

USDA-RMA-RME grant application closes on March 11

Risk Management Education Partnership Program grant opened on Jan. 10.

Export Sales to Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 77,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 55,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year.

Secretary Vilsack, Ambassador Tai Announce Agreement to Allow U.S. Pork into India

News Release: Washington - United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the government of India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade. This news follows the...

Readying Wheat with Climate Resiliency

News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are practicing "tough love" when it comes to preparing wheat for the climate challenges ahead.

Chairwoman Stabenow Welcomes USDA Opportunities and Assistance for Farmers Interested in Climate-Smart Agriculture

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed news that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding opportunities for climate-smart agriculture in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) ...

USDA Designates Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as a Primary Natural Disaster Area