By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Green Desert violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award totaling $11,295 in favor of a Texas seller. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 14, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Sally that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Following the virtual G-20 Agriculture and Water Ministers Meeting hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sept. 12, top agricultural officials from five Western Hemisphere countries - Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States - issued the following statement underscoring...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Campbell and Converse 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Wasatch County, Utah, 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Jackson County, Oklahoma, 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Poblano Fresh Produce Corp. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to one produce seller in the amount of $230,918 from October through November 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Fall River County, South Dakota, 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, announced a new report from the nonpartisan U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Clark County, Nevada, 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that The Chop Shop Produce Co. LLC satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $7,111 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving an unpaid produce transaction.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Crosby, Dickens, Lubbock and Terrell counties 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 | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Genaro Produce Incorporated, Miami, Fla., for failing to meet its...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 6,853 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $21 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Arizona counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal and Yavapai 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 | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Sioux County, Nebraska, 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 | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $21 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to second round of the ReConnect Program.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Catron, Cibola, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna and Santa Fe 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 | Sep 11, 2020
Release: Sept. 11, 2020-- The 2017 Government Accountability Office audit, entitled “Animal Use in Federal Research," recommended that the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provide research facilities with clear criteria for identifying field studies covered under the Animal Welfare ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
