
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The black spots and beautiful colors can be deceiving.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Powder River County, Montana, 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 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Grand, Jackson and Routt 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 Aroostook County, Maine, 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 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - USDA issued the following notice today to protect SNAP participants, after receiving reports of several possible SNAP Fraud attempts.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 1,302 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $2 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $100 million Congress allocated to the ReConnect Program through the CARES Act.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Laura that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that low-income Iowa residents in 10 additional counties recovering from the effects of the derecho storm that hit the Midwest in August could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). The agency also provided an extension for current SNAP households to report storm-related food loss and receive replacement benefits.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2020 – To further the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) work on the Agriculture Innovation Agenda (AIA), USDA today announced it is seeking public- and private-sector input on the most innovative technologies and practices that can be readily deployed across U.S. agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that low-income Iowa residents in 10 additional counties recovering from the effects of the derecho storm that hit the Midwest in August could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). The agency also provided an extension for current SNAP households to report storm-related food loss and receive replacement benefits.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Laura that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $2 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $100 million Congress allocated to the ReConnect Program through the CARES Act.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: A fungal tenant of sorts that lives inside wheat plants could get its chance to "pay it forward" in the fight against fusarium head blight (a.k.a. scab), a costly disease of cereal crops worldwide.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 195,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-18. September 9, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective Aug. 25, 2020, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) removed the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantine area ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 1,658 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $10 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., September 9, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide approximately $530 million to support the U.S. seafood industry and fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments. The funding will be provided through the Seafood Trade Relief Program and funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of the intent to prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Statement (EIS) for wildlife damage management activities in California.APHIS has entered into a Memorandum ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C., September 9, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide approximately $530 million to support the U.S. seafood industry and fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments. The funding will be provided through the Seafood Trade Relief Program and funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).