By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Facilities Practicing Safe Reopening to Ensure a Stable Food Supply (Washington, D.C., June 9, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking facilities across the United States. As of this morning, across the cattle, swine, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON DC, June 9, 2020-Heather Allen and Jo Anne Crouch, both scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), have received the 2019 Arthur S. Flemming Award for their outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of antimicrobial resistance and plant health, respectively.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on June 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Alvin E. Downey, doing business as CBI Livestock Brokers (Downey) of Santa Teresa, N.M., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - Great Lakes Packers Inc., operating out of Bellevue, Ohio, has posted a $90,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to employ Andrew Weingart, as required by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Tuesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, and Subcommittee Chairs Jim Costa of California, Stacey E. Plaskett of the Virgin Islands and Filemon Vela of Texas relayed concerns with the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting greenhouse facilities located outside the United States to participate in its newly established Offshore Greenhouse Certification Program. Facilities that are accepted into the program will agree to produce generally admissible unrooted ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Georgia and Iowa 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 5, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Alaska has 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 5, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from South Dakota to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has again reopened the comment period on the protocols for regulating and deregulating pale cyst nematode (PCN)-infested and associated areas. APHIS initially accepted comments on the protocols March 1, 2019, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is taking further action to prevent the introduction of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) into the United States. Effective immediately. We are also amending the import requirements for tomato and pepper fruit for consumption from multiple ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has again reopened the comment period on the protocols for regulating and deregulating pale cyst nematode (PCN)-infested and associated areas. APHIS initially accepted comments on the protocols March 1, 2019, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 5, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from South Dakota to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow South Dakota to expedite the implementation of...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 5, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Alaska has 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 5, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, June 5, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Georgia and Iowa 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 5, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of fresh carrots from the Republic of Korea into the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 4, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than five million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: U.S. National Arboretum Set to Reopen June 8.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a group of ten Senators led by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, raised questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
