By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: USDA today announced it is extending the deadline for the public to comment on a pair of proposed rules on school and summer meals reforms. USDA is providing additional time to ensure those who wish to provide input do not miss out on the opportunity while dealing with the impacts of the novel coronavirus ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: Collaboration will provide nearly 1,000,000 meals a week to rural children (Washington, D.C., March 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a collaboration with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global, PepsiCo, and others to deliver nearly 1,000,000 ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 17, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ensuring the safety and timely delivery of the U.S. food supply while protecting the health of USDA employees during this COVID-19 National Emergency. Yesterday, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 17, 2020) – While President Donald J. Trump continues to take action during this COVID-19 National Emergency and enact measures to ensure Americans are safe, secure, and healthy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to be open for business to provide services to the American ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced new contacts to encourage communication with USDA to help feed kids and ensure the United States food supply chain remains strong in response to the COVID-19 outbreak: “Food is essential all year round, but ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 17, 2020 - While President Donald J. Trump continues to take action during this COVID-19 National Emergency and enact measures to ensure Americans are safe, secure, and healthy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to be open for business to provide services to the American...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: USDA today announced it is extending the deadline for the public to comment on a pair of proposed rules on school and summer meals reforms. USDA is providing additional time to ensure those who wish to provide input do not miss out on the opportunity while dealing with the impacts of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 17, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced new contacts to encourage communication with USDA to help feed kids and ensure the United States food supply chain remains strong in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 17, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a collaboration with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, McLane Global, PepsiCo, and others to deliver nearly 1,000,000 meals to students in a limited number of rural schools closed due to COVID-19.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
Release: APHIS Colleagues,I wanted to draw your attention to the message below from USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky. USDA continues to provide guidance as the COVID-19 situation evolvesand is changing the visitor and food service polices in Department facilities beginning Monday, March 16. Please take a few ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 16, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff that will lead a department-wide effort focused on serving beginning farmers and ranchers.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rising to meet the challenges associated with the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19. As leaders of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Agricultural Marketing Service, we can assure you that the agencies are committed ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 16, 2020 ─The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff that will lead a department-wide effort focused on serving beginning farmers and ranchers.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
Release: The are now available on the APHIS website. TCD is a disease complex that threatens millions of black walnut trees (Juglans nigra) in forests and urban areas in the United States. The disease is the result of the combined activity of a fungus (Geosmithia morbida) and the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2020
Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes:APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under quarantine for specific plant pests. The Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map provides an overview of the plant pest quarantines that affect ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Finally, CR-SNAP gives broad discretion to the Agriculture Secretary to provide much more flexibility for states to manage SNAP caseloads, including more time between periodic reports; allowing more methods of issuance; and a simplified interview process.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Canadian Parliament approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “USMCA is a great victory for America’s agriculture industry, and I am pleased to see Canada’s Parliament ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s Declaration of a National Emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak: “President Trump continues to take decisive action to ensure the safety, security, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue yesterday swore in Devon Westhill to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Following the swearing in, Secretary Perdue issued this statement: “We are excited to ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 13, 2020 – Low-income Tennesseans recovering from recent tornadoes could be eligible for assistance from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
