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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...

USDA Designates Woodbury County, Iowa, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

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...

USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Tennessee Disaster Areas

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that eligible Tennessee residents in Dickson, Hickman, Houston and Humphreys counties recovering from severe storms and flooding that began on Aug. 21, 2021 could be qualified to receive help from the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).

USDA Designates Coos County, New Hampshire, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

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...

USDA Reminds Consumers to Handle Frozen Foods Safely This School Year

Release: Washington - As students, parents and caretakers adjust to a physical return to classrooms this fall, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds families to follow food safety practices to prevent foodborne illness when it comes to preparing frozen foods.

APHIS Publishes Pest Risk Analysis for the Import of Fresh Mango Fruit from Grenada into the United States

Release: Washington, D.C., September 9, 2021 - The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of a pest risk analysis prepared to evaluate the risks associated with the importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. Based on the analysis, APHIS has determined ...

USDA Designates Four Idaho Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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...

USDA Invests $464 Million in Renewable Energy Infrastructure to Help Rural Communities, Businesses and Ag Producers Build Back Better

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is investing $464 million to build or improve renewable energy infrastructure (PDF, 631 KB) and to help rural communities, agricultural producers and businesses lower energy costs in 48 states and Puerto Rico.

USDA Invests $700 million to Provide Relief to Small Producers, Processors, Distributors, Farmers Markets and Seafood Processing Vessels and Processors Impacted by COVID-19

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs) for new grant programs - the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant program and the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant program - to support agricultural...

USDA Expands Assistance to Cover Feed Transportation Costs for Drought-Impacted Ranchers

News Release: WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 — In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for ...

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Wheat for Consumption from Lithuania

Release: The government of Lithuania has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of wheat (Triticum sp.) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS shares ...

USDA Expands Assistance to Cover Feed Transportation Costs for Drought-Impacted Ranchers

News Release: Washington - In response to the severe drought conditions in the West and Great Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today its plans to help cover the cost of transporting feed for livestock that rely on grazing. USDA is updating the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees...

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Melon from Uzbekistan

Release: The government of Uzbekistan has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Melon (Cucumis melo) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS ...

Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 106,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

What They're Saying: Ranking Member Boozman Holds 2021 Annual Ag Tour

News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, held his annual tour of Arkansas farms, ranches and agriculture operations provides him with an opportunity to highlight this incredibly important sector of the Natural State’s economy as well as hear directly from the producers and stakeholders who help make Arkansas agriculture the dynamic, instrumental and robust industry.

APHIS amends entry requirements for importation of Fragaria spp., Rosa spp., and Rubus spp. plants from Canada into the United States

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-25. September 7, 2021. To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective Sept. 14, 2021, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the entry requirements for the importation of Fragaria spp., Rosa spp., and Rubus spp.

USDA Invests $700 million in Grants to Provide Relief to Farm and Food Workers Impacted by COVID-19

News Release: WASHINGTON, September 7, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $700 million in competitive grant funding will be available through the new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) grant program to help farmworkers and meatpacking workers with pandemic-related health and safety costs. ...

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Tomato from Spain (Canary Islands)

Release: The government of Spain has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L )for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS ...

APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Unroasted coffee from various Central and South American Countries and Mexico to Puerto Rico

Release: The coffee industry of Puerto Rico has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of unroasted coffee beans for consumption and propagation into Puerto Rico. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.

USDA Invests $700 million in Grants to Provide Relief to Farm and Food Workers Impacted by COVID-19