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USDA-RBCS grant application closes on April 1

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program grant opened on Dec. 16.


USDA Invests in Critical Infrastructure to Lower Costs, Create Jobs, and Combat Climate Change Across Rural America

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA is investing $285 million in critical infrastructure to lower energy costs, expand access to clean energy for people across rural America, and combat climate change (PDF, 920 KB). USDA is also making an additional $300 million available under the Rural Energy for America Program, including $250 million through the Inflation Reduction Act, to spur further investment.


Agriculture Department discusses Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request on Dec. 14

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the North Branch Park River Watershed Plan, North Dakota on Dec. 14

The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes three press releases in November

There were three press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in November.


USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Utah

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Utah for more than $1.9 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.


News Release: WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the process by which the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) was updated was marred by egregious executive overreach, lacked an economic peer-review process, and included flawed-even legally questionable-decision-making that resulted in a cost to American taxpayers of more than a quarter-trillion dollars according to the Congressional Budget Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


APHIS Announces New Common Names for Regulated Lymantria Moths

Release: Washington - USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is replacing the common name for regulated Lymantria moths today. APHIS will replace “gypsy moth" (Lymantria dispar) with “spongy moth" and “Asian gypsy moth" (L. dispar asiatica, L. dispar japonica, L. albescens, L. postalba, and L. umbrosa) with “flighted spongy moth complex."


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Central Montana Resource Advisory Committee discussed on Dec. 13 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry publishes 10 press releases in November

There were 10 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry in November.


U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service publishes three press releases in November

There were three press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in November.


45 press releases published in November by U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency

There were 45 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in November.


There were 19 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service in October.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


November: 23 press releases published by U.S. Department of Agriculture

There were 23 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in November.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.