By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., 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.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Richard Mattes, a distinguished professor of nutrition science at Purdue University, is being honored as the 2020 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecturer by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
Release: Washington - The export sales announcement issued this morning by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS-ESR-044-20) incorrectly reported sales of 264,000 metric tons of soybeans to China. The corrected announcement is as follows.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: The Trump Administration today announced the appointment of Blake Curtis as the new State Director for USDA Rural Development in New Mexico. Curtis began his new role on May 26, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2020
Release: Beginning on June 1, 2020, all fresh fruit and vegetable import permits issued by APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine through ePermits will be valid for one year only.In fall 2020, importers will be able to use APHIS’ eFile permitting system to request fresh fruit and vegetable import permits. eFile ...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., May 22, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Arkansas 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 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the Department is making available up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to help rural businesses meet their working capital needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, agricultural producers that ...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Friday, May 22, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently announced details of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers ...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 22, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Arkansas 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 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa, and Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett formally requested information from...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three South Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Butte, Harding, and Perkins counties who suffered losses due to excessive moisture and flooding that has occurred since May 1, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the Department is making available up to $1 billion in loan guarantees to help rural businesses meet their working capital needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, agricultural producers that...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 21, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement (The Agreement), which entered ...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced additional progress in the implementation of the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement (The Agreement), which entered into force...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced additional progress to implement the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement. Both countries have now signed protocols to allow the United States ...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced additional progress to implement the agriculture-related provisions of the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement. Both countries have now signed protocols to allow the ...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from eligible organizations for fiscal year 2021 funding for five export market development programs. FAS recently published the FY 2021 Notices of Funding Opportunity for the Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development Program, Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Program, Quality Samples Program and Emerging Markets Program.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
Release: YMCA members (a Summer Food Service Program sponsor) deliver food through neighborhoods in Honolulu.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers with USDA farm loans who are affected by COVID-19, and are determined eligible, to have their next payment set aside. In some cases, FSA may also set aside a second payment for farmers who have already had one payment set aside because of a prior designated disaster.
