By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at a hearing titled “Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission." Live video of the hearing is available here.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 - With severe storms forecast for northern and central California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding communities in the region to prepare and to be aware of USDA programs to assist following flooding and other disasters.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program Request for Applications grant opened on March 10.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $89 million across the country (PDF, 160 KB) to finance the startup and expansion of independent meat processors. USDA also announced initial steps the Department is taking to create a more competitive marketplace for seeds and other agricultural inputs.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: More than $4.2 billion for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and the Interior wildland fire and hazardous fuels management; includes funds to implement comprehensive workforce reform, including increased firefighter pay, additional firefighting capacity, enhanced mental and physical health support, and improved housing options for firefighters
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Louisiana Conservation Deliver Technical Assistance, FY2023 grant opened on March 10.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: Washington - The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is partnering with five states to test mobile payment technology in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. In the next few years, SNAP participants in Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Oklahoma will have the option to use mobile payments methods like tapping or scanning their personal mobile device as an alternative to their physical SNAP card.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at an oversight hearing of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 8, 2023 - 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 | Mar 10, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of more than $43 million in meat and poultry processing research, innovation and expansion in support of its ongoing efforts to transform the food system at every stage along the supply chain. This investment is funded through the American Rescue Plan and the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: The President’s Budget for USDA invests in an equitable and climate-smart food and agriculture economy that protects and improves the quality of life for all Americans
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of more than $43 million in meat and poultry processing research, innovation and expansion in support of its ongoing efforts to transform the food system at every stage along the supply chain. This investment is funded through the American Rescue Plan and the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Department Also Announces BioPreferred® Program “Excellence in Procurement" Award Winners for 2022
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow today released the following statement on the nutrition, agriculture, and rural provisions in President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration today released the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The budget details a blueprint to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair shareall while ensuring no one making less than $400,000 per year pays more in taxes.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and Tennessee can apply for cost-share assistance through the Emergency Grain Storage Facility...
