By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, 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).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 136,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, 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.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued a reminder that the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will begin inspections of tomatoes coming into the United States from Mexico at border locations on April 4, 2020. The inspections are in accordance with the requirements of the Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, negotiated by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 12, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s address to the nation regarding COVID-19.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 12, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s address to the nation regarding COVID-19: “President Trump has made the safety, security, and health of the American people his top priority. The whole of government ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON (March 12, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 12, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced USDA has extended the deadline for ReConnect Pilot Program applications to March 31.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: A new computer application (app) from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could speed the search for genes that underpin important crop traits, like high yield, seed quality and resistance to pests, disease or adverse environmental conditions.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-08. March 12, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective March 3, 2020, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) established a Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens or Mexfly) quarantine ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand announced USDA has extended the deadline (PDF, 245 KB) for ReConnect Pilot Program applications to March 31.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2020 - Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their 2019 crop year elections for and enrollment in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs must schedule an appointment to do so with their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) by Monday, March 16.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to introduce the Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020 (S. 3479 ), legislation to permanently remove the prohibition on ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Agriculture Innovation and the Federal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework."
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing titled, “Agriculture Innovation and the Federal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework."
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 194,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 126,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 68,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. When the USDA Food and Nutrition Service released new school meal flexibilities in November 2017, Kristin Hilleman, a Food & Nutrition Services Director in southern California, breathed a big sigh of relief. “It wasn’t a...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that fresh jujube fruit from China can be safely imported into the continental United States under a systems approach. APHIS based this decision on the findings of our pest risk analysis and a thorough ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., March 11, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that fresh jujube fruit from China can be safely imported into the continental United States under a systems approach. APHIS based this decision on the findings of our pest risk analysis and a thorough evaluation of comments made by the public on the analysis.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3), Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General will investigate whether the U.S. Forest Service improperly granted funds to the State of Alaska that were used to weaken protections for the Tongass National Forest.
