By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-During a U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hearing to consider the nomination of the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) continued his push for the committee to hold hearings on the Democrat’s reconciliation package.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2021 – On November 5, 2021 at 3 p.m. EDT, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2031 report. USDA will release tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2031 for major ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that more than 50 organizations and countries have officially declared their support for the Coalition on Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG) Coalition, which the United States launched at the United Nations Food Systems Summit in September.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chair Jim Costa and Chair Stacey Plaskett released the following statement after today’s joint hearing "Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: Private exporters reported sales of: * 199,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year. * 125,730 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's joint hearing “Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: Poor health, viruses, and environmental stress can leave young calves susceptible to secondary bacterial infections that cause bovine respiratory disease (BRD). These severe infections commonly result in pneumonia, and treatments can be costly.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the CNMI Nutrition Assistance Program. The signing releases a $30 million grant for the Nutrition...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for comment a pest risk assessment and risk management document that proposes to allow the import of fresh turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes from Samoa into the United States, including U.S. territories, ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2021. Kevin Shea, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was recently presented two prestigious awards from state and industry collaborators. The Ambassador’s Circle Award from the National Association of State ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for comment a pest risk assessment and risk management document that proposes to allow the import of fresh turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes from Samoa into the United States, including U.S. territories, with certain phytosanitary measures in place to address the risk of noxious weeds and plant pests and diseases.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee Chair Stacey Plaskett delivered the following statement at today's joint hearing “Agricultural Biotechnology: 21st Century Advancements and Applications".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: Helping farmers turn the tide on an emerging disease of corn called tar spot is the focus of a multi-organization team of scientists, including from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in West Lafayette, Indiana.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in-person trade missions will resume early next year. The first trade mission is to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), February 16-21, 2022. The last USDA-sponsored trade mission was held in November 2019, prior to COVID-related...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: 10:00 a.m. WITNESS LIST. Ms. Fan-Li Chou, Ph.D., Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Policy, American Seed Trade Association, Washington, D.C. Dr. Elena Rice, Chief Scientific Officer, Genus PLC, DeForest, WI. Mr. Jack Bobo, Chief Executive Officer, Futurity, Potomac, MD. Dr. Jon Oatley, Associate...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and a coalition of Republican members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry are calling on Unilever, as parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, to end the ice cream maker’s Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) efforts against Israel.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Build Back Better Budget contains essential investments in the ability of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities to lead in addressing the climate crisis, say hundreds of groups, businesses and individuals in letters to House and Senate leadership. The letters in support of the reconciliation ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Build Back Better Budget contains comprehensive resources for our nation’s forests, including historic investments in the ability of public and private forestland to provide cleaner air and water, sequester carbon, recover from wildfire, and support the communities and Americans that ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a five page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
