By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a decision and order without reason of default against Michael J. Rogers (Rogers) of Beaver Dams, New York for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision and order against 7 S Packing, LLC, dba Texas Packing Company (7 S Packing), San Angelo, Texas, on Dec. 2, 2020, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that President Trump has named Dr. Carrie Castille as the new, six year term director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Dr. Castille will start her new role on Monday, January 4, 2021. ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two 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 | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Fernando McIntyre, doing business as Morning Star Produce, satisfied an $8,640 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Monday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota announced the food and agriculture provisions of the latest COVID relief deal moving through the House and Senate this week.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020) - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-19. Sept. 15, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is implementing restrictions on all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits (Ficus carica) imported into the ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reminds importers, brokers, and filers that, beginning on Jan. 25, 2021, they will have to submit an APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) when they file entry for APHIS-regulated ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today voted for the bipartisan fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill and the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Maricopa, Arizona, Dec. 21, 2020-Genetically engineered cotton and classical pest control tactics combined to rid the United States and Northern Mexico of a devastating pest, according to a new study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Arizona (UofA) scientists published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, partnered with Chairman Pat Roberts to successfully lead bipartisan negotiations to increase food assistance for families and provide help to farmers and food suppliers ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is deregulating a corn variety designated as DP202216 developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) using genetic engineering for enhanced yield potential and resistance to glufosinate-ammonium ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
Release: To help facilitate the clearance of imported plants and plant products during the COVID-19 pandemic, APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to accept electronically produced versions of phytosanitary certificates through June 30, 2021. Importers ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Louisiana parishes as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Caldwell, Natchitoches, Ouachita and Red River parishes who suffered losses caused by Hurricane Laura and strong winds that occurred from Aug. 26 through Aug. 28, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after her meeting with former Secretary Tom Vilsack, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Agriculture to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced six additional locations for Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees focused exclusively on urban agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: USDA, EPA, and FDA renew formal agreement aimed at reducing food waste (Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the renewal of the joint agency formal ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2020) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture and NASA have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their longstanding partnership on space-based assets benefitting life on Earth.
