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News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four 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...


Trump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma

News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,340 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity CHECOTAH, Okla., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26.4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Oklahoma. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


Trump Administration Invests $544,000 in High-Speed Broadband in Rural New York

News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 329 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity IRVING, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $544,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in New York. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


Trump Administration Invests $6 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Colorado

News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 264 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Colorado. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


Trump Administration Invests $7 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural North Dakota and Montana

News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 563 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Dakota and Montana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


USDA Designates Howard County, Texas, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Howard County, Texas, 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.


USDA Designates Three Massachusetts Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Massachusetts counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Berkshire, Essex and Nantucket counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Trump Administration Invests $7 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural North Dakota and Montana

News Release: BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Dakota and Montana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


USDA Designates Three North Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three North Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Burleigh, Morton and Oliver counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Trump Administration Invests $544,000 in High-Speed Broadband in Rural New York

News Release: IRVING, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $544,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in New York. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


Trump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma

News Release: CHECOTAH, Okla., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26.4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Oklahoma. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Kendall Frozen Fruits Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to two produce sellers in the amount of $2,166,335 from May 2017 through July 2018.


USDA Designates Two Maine Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Franklin and Washington counties who suffered losses caused by drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Mexico and Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


USDA Designates Four South Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four South Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha and Turner counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


USDA Designates Six Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clay, Dickinson, Humboldt, Lyon, Osceola and Palo Alto counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


News Release: WAPATO, WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2020-A scent lure designed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to attract Asian giant hornets played a key role in the discovery of the first nest of these invasive insects in the United States.


USDA Designates Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 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.


USDA Designates Five Missouri Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence and Stone counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


Trump Administration Invests $6 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Colorado

News Release: DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Colorado. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.