By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021 — Oscar Gonzales was appointed today by President Biden to serve as Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Chakota Rowdy Ray Snow, doing business as R&R Cattle Co. and doing business as Rowdy Snow Cattle (Snow) of Oklahoma, on March 3, 2021, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 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 | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Dustin Conley (Conley) of Cooper, Texas, on March 23, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Conley waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $1,450.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Tommy Baxley, doing business as Tri State Cattle Marketing (Baxley) of Alabama, on March 5, 2021, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Imperial Frozen Foods Op Co LLC (Imperial), Wake Forest, N.C., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operator of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Ida-Beef LLC (Ida) of Burley, Idaho, on March 10, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Ida waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $9,100.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: March 25, 2021: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Thompson, and members of this Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “A Hearing to Review the State of Black Farmers in the U.S."...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The government of Israel has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh Glasswort (Salicornia europaea) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity.APHIS ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added India to the list of regions we consider to be affected with African Swine Fever (ASF.) We took this action on May 13, 2020 when the disease was confirmed and are now publishing notice in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of five commodities of fresh pepper fruit from Colombia into the continental United States. The commodities are Capsicum annuum (Pepper, Bell); C. baccatum (Pepper, Locoto); C. chinense ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of five commodities of fresh pepper fruit from Colombia into the continental United States. The commodities are Capsicum annuum (Pepper, Bell); C. baccatum (Pepper, Locoto); C. chinense ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 111,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added India to the list of regions we consider to be affected with African Swine Fever (ASF.) We took this action on May 13, 2020 when the disease was confirmed and are now publishing notice in the ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
Release: By the Western Regional Office. Food and Nutrition Service. Like countless schools across the country, the Live Oak Unified School District, about 50 miles north of Sacramento, had to shift their operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Prior to the pandemic, we were realizing my dream serving...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing entitled Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Healthy Meals and Healthy Futures...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, continued to advocate for more flexibility in school nutrition programs as the Committee begins the process to reauthorize federal child nutrition programs.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, held a hearing to discuss the child health and hunger crisis as the Committee begins its work on legislation to provide healthy food to children in need in the next Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
