By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in who suffered losses caused by recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Turfgrasses sometimes get a "bad rap" for not giving our bees and other insect pollinators a helping hand on the food front. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Georgia (UGA) studies suggest this reputation is unfair-and at least five different genera of bees would agree!.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Autauga, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and Wilcox counties who suffered losses caused by Hurricane Zeta that occurred from October 28 through Oct. 29, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 102,616 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture, part of a broader effort to focus on the needs of urban farmers. The 12-person committee will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the development of policies and outreach relating to urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices as well as identify any barriers to urban agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.5 million to Pennsylvania from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.4 million to Oregon as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.1 million to Massachusetts from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.4 million to North Carolina as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Poblano Fresh Produce Corp. (Poblano Fresh), Los Angeles, Calif., 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 | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $3.7 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that signup for the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program will begin Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Funded by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, this new program provides assistance to producers who suffered eligible crop quality losses due to natural disasters occurring in 2018 and 2019. The deadline to apply for QLA is Friday, March 5, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.6 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, USDA is providing ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $3.5 million to Washington State as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating almost $1.57 million to Idaho as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 383 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, to safeguard the nursery ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $5 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is providing ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to collaborate with the Georgia Department of Agriculture to raise awareness and further examine the significant increase in seed coat fragments in cotton...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $17.1 million to California as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating almost $60,000 to Nebraska from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the ...
