By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 9, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that young adults under the age of 25 experiencing homelessness will now be able to receive meals at emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Under normal circumstances, USDA ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that young adults under the age of 25 experiencing homelessness will now be able to receive meals at emergency shelters participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Under normal circumstances, USDA only reimburses...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2021
News Release: Washington - The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The funding request invests in the core foundations of our country’s strength and advances key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) priorities, including economic...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 – In response to worsening drought conditions in the West, including in areas like the Klamath River Basin, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack released the following statement: “Water is a sacred resource essential to feeding families, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 – Starting with the May 12, 2021 release (issue No. 612), the following changes will be made to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report: * U.S. Soybeans and Products Supply and Use (page 15): “Biofuel” will replace “Biodiesel” in the soybean oil section, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
News Release: USDA Has Deployed 1,034 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, Apr. 7, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has updated the USDA Plants for Planting Manual to allow the importation of carnation cuttings from Kenya without post-entry quarantine requirements.APHIS scientists completed a Commodity Import Evaluation ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz., April 6, 2021 - Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50 years, according to a study published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the University of Arizona.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Members Rep. Jim Costa (Chair of Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture) and Rep. Dusty Johnson (Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture), with Rep. Salud Carbajal (Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soft red winter wheat for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Washington - When President Biden recently announced his goal of distributing 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to Americans in the first 100 days of his Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was one of the many Federal agencies that ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Washington - When President Biden recently announced his goal of distributing 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to Americans in the first 100 days of his Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was one of the many Federal agencies that ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced the availability of $2 million to establish partnerships with organizations to provide outreach and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The funding was made possible by USDA’s...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Washington - When President Biden recently announced his goal of distributing 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to Americans in the first 100 days of his Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was one of the many Federal agencies that ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2021
Release: Collins, CO, April 5, 2021-The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites you to watch the new video series-Feral Swine in America -which chronicles the impacts of feral swine damage on American livelihoods and ecosystems through personal stories. Listen to farmers, ranchers, land managers, conservationists, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands, and prime farmland — an area the size of New Jersey. Since October, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has enrolled 110,000 acres in new conservation easements, bringing USDA to this important conservation milestone.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision and order on Feb. 5, 2021, against Musa Slaughterhouse LLC and Musa S. Simreen (Musa), Tampa, Fla., and Yonkers, N.Y., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Marshel Riley (Riley), Jourdanton, Texas, on March 08, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint on Feb. 8, 2021, against Antonio Chavez (Chavez) d.b.a. Buffalo Cattle Company LLC and The Cattle Finder LLC of El Paso, Texas, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
