By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: June 18, 2020 Dear BRS Stakeholder, As part of its ongoing efforts to implement the new Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE) biotechnology regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 18, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Nebraska and South Carolina have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will extend the contracts of select vendors from the first round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
Release: The government of Peru has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize importation of turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, which oversees the U.S. Forest Service, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a legislative hearing on S. 3894, The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020. The Committee will also hold a business meeting to consider the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that the fiscal year (FY) 2021 open period for submitting suggestions to implement the Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program will begin in July and last seven weeks.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will extend the contracts of select vendors from the first round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of requests from South Carolina and Utah to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 in its ongoing efforts to feed people in need and assist American farmers ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 16, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of requests from South Carolina and Utah to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow these states to expedite the implementation...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 in its ongoing efforts to feed people in need and assist American farmers...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 16, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops and dairy products in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 in its ongoing efforts to feed people in need and assist American farmers...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Clemson University’s Department of Plant Industry (DPI) are inspecting trees in Hollywood, South Carolina following the detection and identification of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). On May 29, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 390,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2020
Release: USDA Asks Area Residents to Report Signs of the Beetle and to Not Move Firewood WASHINGTON, June 15, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Clemson University’s Department of Plant Industry (DPI) are inspecting trees in Hollywood, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 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 Agrivida, Inc. (Agrivida) seeking deregulation of a corn variety genetically engineered for the production of phytase enzyme for nutritionally enhanced food and ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 12, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a memorandum to Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen providing direction that will serve as a blueprint to help modernize the agency’s systems and approaches to ensure national forests and grasslands continue to meet the needs of the American people.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 12, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement: “USDA supports the actions taken by the EPA to respond responsibly to the decision of the Ninth Circuit regarding Dicamba. At a time when the security of the food supply chain is paramount, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2020
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working with State departments of agriculture and producers to conduct a tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) survey of U.S commercial greenhouses that produce tomatoes. APHIS and cooperators are also putting in place official control measures ...
