By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Chair Abigail Spanberger issued the following statement after the announcement of Randy Moore as Chief of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 28, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Randy Moore will serve as the 20th Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a request from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. (OSF) to extend deregulation to an apple variety (designated as PG451 Arctic Gala) developed using genetic engineering to prevent browning.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the public comment period on a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement to examine the potential environmental impacts that may result from approving a petition from ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Broadband Integrity Coordination Act Prompted Agency Leaders to Improve Information Sharing to Best Deploy Federal Broadband Funds WASHINGTON, June 25, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Telecommunications and Information ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has finalized the environmental assessment (EA) for importing plants in approved growing media and issued a record of decision with a finding of no significant impact. The EA considered the potential environmental ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Washington - The daily export sales announcement issued today, June 25, contained an error. The sale of 122,200 metric tons of soybean meal for delivery to Mexico should have been announced as 112,200 metric tons. The corrected announcement is as follows.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our preliminary concurrence with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for Bolivia and the United Kingdom’s zone of Jersey. The OIE recognizes this country and this zone as being of negligible risk for BSE.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Summary: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our preliminary concurrence with the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for Bolivia and the United Kingdom’s zone of Jersey. The OIE recognizes this country and this zone as being of negligible risk for BSE.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has finalized the environmental assessment (EA) for importing plants in approved growing media and issued a record of decision with a finding of no significant impact. The EA considered the potential environmental ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Dear Stakeholder,APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to expand your permitting options starting today, June 25, 2021, in APHIS eFile to include plant and plant products that are not for propagation or planting. The new application is a simple and easy way to apply for and receive permits. Some permits may even be issued within the same day!Why should I use it?
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 122,200 metric tons of soybean cake and meal for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 84,150 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 28,050 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced an interagency agreement (PDF, 274 KB) to share information about and coordinate the distribution of broadband...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: USDA Extends Foreclosure Moratorium to July 31, 2021 WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today extended through July 31, 2021, the moratorium on foreclosures from properties financed by USDA Single-Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans. These actions will bring relief to hundreds-of-thousands of residents in rural America who have housing loans through USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: USDA Extends Eviction Moratorium to July 31, 2021 WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended through July 31, 2021, the moratorium on evictions of the hundreds-of-thousands of Americans who live in multifamily housing communities supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2021 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid recovery efforts for residents, farmers and ranchers affected by the devastation across the Southeast caused by Tropical Storm Claudette. USDA staff in regional, state, and county offices are ready to respond and are providing a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to affected communities and agricultural producers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
Release: June 24, 2021 - Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) recently updated the Plant-Trait-Mechanism of Action (PTMOA) table available on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website at: USDA APHIS | The Plant-Trait-Mechanism of Action (MOA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 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 | Jun 24, 2021
News Release: Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have developed a new experimental vaccine to protect cattle from the bacterium that causes Johne's disease, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.
