By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Grant County, South Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive moisture and flooding that has occurred since Jan. 1, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., May 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Florida and Minnesota have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First ...
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., May 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Hawaii 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 | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with H.D. Hume, doing business as H&H Livestock (Hume) of Taylorsville, Ky., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Aransas County, Texas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bent, Crowley, Custer, Hinsdale, Kiowa, Mineral, Otero, and San Juan counties who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Oregon counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Coos, Douglas, Gilliam, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, and Wheeler counties who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: The third week of May, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Doris Lagos-Kutz and Glen Hartman venture to a nearby field to set a timer on a smokestack-like device that rises 20 feet into the air and serves a single purpose: to capture winged insects such as aphids (notably, soybean aphids), thrips and other potential soybean pests.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 28, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Florida and Minnesota 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 | May 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Mitchell Lee Barthel (Barthel) d.b.a. Rock’n M Cattle (Rock’n M), Perham, Minn., for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 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 Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 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 BASF Corporation (BASF) seeking deregulation of a soybean variety developed using genetic engineering for resistance to soybean cyst nematode, a microscopic parasitic worm, and for herbicide tolerance. The petition will be available for public review and comment for 60 days.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Projects will Improve Water Infrastructure, Public Health and Environmental Quality for 350,000 Rural Residents and Businesses WASHINGTON, May 27, 2020 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that the department is investing $281 ...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a final environmental assessment and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) associated with expanding the distribution of the ONRAB oral rabies vaccine in 9 states. The USDA’s Oral ...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
Release: Washington -The export sales announcement issued this morning by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS-ESR-046-20) incorrectly reported changes in destination for sales of 138,000 metric tons of soybean cake and meal to the Philippines. This change should have been applied to the 216,000 metric tons...
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: A common obstacle to bountiful wheat harvests in the Central Plains is more pervasive than many growers realize, but a study led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) spells out how it can be readily overcome.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that the department is investing $281 million in 106 projects to improve water and wastewater infrastructure (PDF, 252 KB) in rural communities in 36 states and Puerto Rico. USDA is funding the projects through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture changes in destination of 138,000 metric tons of soybean cake and meal from unknown destinations to the Philippines during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced legislation to help protect the food supply after the COVID-19 crisis has put an unprecedented strain on farmers, workers, food banks, and families.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 26, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Washington 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.
