By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
Release: Keith Wehner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has been named Director for the Wildlife Services (WS) Western Region, headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. He will also serve as a member of the Management Team for the WS program, which provides Federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., November 4, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that it is authorizing the importation of cold-treated fresh citrus fruit from South Africa into all U.S. ports of entry. After careful review, APHIS scientists ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2020 – The Extension Risk Management Education Program and U.S. Department of Agriculture are hosting a webinar on Nov. 12 for agricultural producers and professionals focused on livestock risk management. The webinar is free to attend and will provide information on livestock markets, price risk, and risk management options available through USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Dade and Jasper counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Sherman County, Kansas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Bennett County, South Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that it is authorizing the importation of cold-treated fresh citrus fruit from South Africa into all U.S. ports of entry. After careful review, APHIS scientists determined that citrus fruit from South ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Socorro County, New Mexico, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on First Fruits Holdings LLC, doing business as Four Rivers Onion Packing, (First Fruits), Wake Forest, N.C., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: The Trump administration has delivered prosperity for rural America (Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2020) – Today in a FOX Business op-ed , U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue highlighted the Trump Administration’s accomplishments over the past four years for America’s farmers and ranchers saying, ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Nov. 2, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new H2A Wage Rule, which delivers on President Trump’s promise to stabilize farm labor costs and reform the H-2A wage rate.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 884 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity CRYSTAL HILL, Va., Nov. 2, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Virginia. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it has delivered to Congress its priority list of deferred maintenance projects for Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) funding in fiscal year 2021. The GAOA will protect and enhance the economies of numerous gateway communities ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Henry County, Ohio, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred from June 1 through Aug. 26, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Cumberland and York counties who suffered losses caused by drought and above-normal temperatures that has occurred since May 1, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: (FRESNO, CA) - In an effort to ensure American farmers and food producers continue to have access to fair trade rules and the movement of products overseas, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa (CA-16), joined by 111 of his colleagues, sent a bipartisan letter calling on the Administration to protect common food and wine terms in future trade discussions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a petition from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) seeking deregulation of a corn variety developed using genetic engineering for resistance to corn rootworm and tolerance ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
Release: Today, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), and Agriculture (USDA) will be joining efforts to put American workers first in a post-COVID-19 economic recovery initiative to help more families experience the benefits of work.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Baldwin and Mobile counties who suffered losses caused by excessive wind, flash flooding and excessive rainfall caused by Hurricane Sally that occurred from Sept. 15 through Sept. 16, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Grundy and Muscatine counties who suffered losses caused by a derecho that occurred on Aug. 10, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
