By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
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 voted to advance Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) long-awaited analysis of changes to stepped-up basis as it disproves the Biden administration’s claim that only two percent ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
News Release: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 - 10:00 AM EDT.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
Release: (301) 851-4091 WASHINGTON, September, 22, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is deregulating a corn variety known as PY203, developed using genetic engineering by Agrivida, Inc., to produce phytase enzymes for nutritionally enhanced animal ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending deregulation to an apple variety, designated as PG451 Arctic Gala, developed using genetic engineering to prevent browning by Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. (OSF). APHIS previously ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2021
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 business meeting to vote on the nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2021 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm today unveiled a joint resource guide (PDF, 3.5 MB) to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm today unveiled a joint resource guide (PDF, 3.5 MB) to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, along with General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Chair Cheri Bustos, as well as House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Chair Sanford Bishop issued the following statement in response to the House including critical disaster relief funding in the Continuing Resolution...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
Release: Washington - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm today unveiled a joint (PDF, 3.5 MB) to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
News Release: 10:00 a.m. WITNESS LIST. This hearing will be streamed via YouTube. Ms. Debbie Reed, Executive Director, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium and Ecosystems. Market Research Consortium, Washington, D.C. Mr. Leo Bastos, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Ecosystems, Bayer, St. Louis,...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
Release: Dear Applicants, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce that new regulated articles for PPQ 587 import permits will be available in APHIS eFile on Sept. 27, 2021!Why does this matter?Effective Sept. 27, 2021, PPQ will no longer issue new or renewed Plants for Planting permits ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2021
Release: On Sept. 20, the Chief Veterinary Officer in Haiti reported a positive case of African swine fever (ASF) to the World Organisation for Animal Health. The sample was collected from a pig in a province bordering the Dominican Republic and was tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
Release: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack took part in the G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Florence, Italy, September 16-18, 2021, reaffirming the United States’ commitment to international engagement on agriculture and making the case for joint action on climate, food security, agricultural innovation, and closer global integration through trade.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, urged the agriculture community to continue to push back on the Biden administration’s proposed tax increases on family farmers, ranchers and foresters and delivered a strong rebuke of Secretary Tom Vilsack’s recent opinion piece in a letter to editor published in the Wall Street Journal.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2021 – “I am pleased with President Biden’s decision to nominate Margo Schlanger to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Her nomination cements USDA’s commitment to civil rights and equity as we work for the American people; in this role, she will be an essential voice ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2021
News Release: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 - 10:00 AM EDT.
