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News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 – Following a press release from President Joe Biden announcing the appointment of several regional appointments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointments of five Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and seven Rural Development (RD) State Directors.

USDA Celebrates National School Lunch Week, School Meal Program Resiliency throughout the Pandemic

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 – During a visit to Riverdale Elementary in Riverdale, Maryland today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is joining with students, parents, schools, communities, and partners across the nation in recognition of National ...

USDA Celebrates National School Lunch Week, School Meal Program Resiliency throughout the Pandemic

Release: Washington - During a visit to Riverdale Elementary in Riverdale, Maryland today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is joining with students, parents, schools, communities and partners across the nation in recognition of National School Lunch Week...

Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 165,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

USDA Launches First Phase of Soil Carbon Monitoring Efforts through Conservation Reserve Program Initiative

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2021 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure, and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres to better quantify the climate outcomes of the program. CRP is an important tool in the Nation’s fight...

Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Confirmation of Representative Xochitl Torres Small to Serve as Under Secretary for Rural Development

News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement after the successful confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small to serve as Under Secretary for Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture.

APHIS Extends the deadline for Stakeholders to Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Dianthus plants for planting from Guatemala

Release: The Government of Guatemala has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of dianthus (Dianthus spp.) plants for planting into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.

USDA Announces First Installment of Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors

News Release: Washington - Following a press release from President Joe Biden announcing the appointment of several regional appointments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointments of five Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and seven Rural Development (RD) State Directors.

USDA Announces Commitment to Strengthen Hispanic-serving Higher Education Institutions

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh announced today a $12 million investment to Hispanic-serving Institutions of higher education. This announcement was part of a launch of the first in a series of virtual roundtable engagement sessions with Minority-serving Institutions and Land-grant Universities serving underrepresented students.

USDA Celebrates 75 Years of Research Contributions Achieved at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory

News Release: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, October 8, 2021-U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) celebrated today the 75th anniversary of the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory and its historical contributions to the livestock industry and scientific community.

Agriculture Committee Democrats Emphasize Need to Preserve Agricultural Provisions in Build Back Better Act in Letter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, and President Biden

News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to President Joseph R. Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia and all of the Democratic Committee members reaffirmed support of the historic nature of the Build Back Better Act, while emphasizing the need to preserve agricultural provisions.

U.S. Senate Confirms Xochitl Torres Small to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development

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 U.S. Senate confirmed Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Applauds President Biden's Restoration of National Monuments

News Release: Action restores boundaries and management conditions of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 2021 – Tomorrow, October 8, President Biden will take action to restore protections to three national monuments that had been ...

USDA Announces Plan to Integrate Climate Adaptation Into its Missions and Programs

News Release: WASHINGTON, October 7, 2021 – Today, as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to confronting the climate crisis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its climate adaptation and resilience plan describing how USDA will prepare for current and future impacts of climate change.

USDA Commitments to Equity in Agriculture Include Nearly $25 Million for Programs Reaching Underserved Communities

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a trio of awards totaling nearly $25 million in grants and cooperative agreements intended to ensure broader access and participation in USDA programs and services for historically underserved farmers and ranchers. ...

Organic Human Capital Capacity Building Projects Announced

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Jenny Lester Moffitt today announced funding of $1.73 million for nine projects to improve the oversight capacity of the organic industry by supporting and expanding the pool of qualified inspectors...

Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported sales of: * 261,264 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year. * 314,256 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

USDA Invests $4.7 Million to Provide Outreach and Technical Assistance to Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of $4.7 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers. The partnerships will support participation in Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs, including those that are part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.

USDA Awards $248 Million for International School Feeding Projects

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $248 million in 10 new school feeding projects expected to benefit more than a million children worldwide, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jewel Bronaugh announced today.

Chairman David Scott Applauds Announcement of Rod Snyder as EPA Agriculture Advisor