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News Release: (Washington D.C., Feb. 10, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump submitted his FY 2021 budget proposal to Congress: “The United States is leading the world in economic growth and prosperity. President Trump’s pro-growth policies ...

House Agriculture Committee Members Welcome Legislation to Protect America's Food

News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa, and Committee Members Cindy Axne, Salud Carbajal, Josh Harder, and TJ Cox welcomed...

Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship

News Release: ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, Feb. 10, 2020-ARS researchers have shown some freeze-dried berry powders-especially freeze-dried strawberry powder-can act as outstanding stabilizers in ice cream and other frozen dairy desserts.

Bipartisan Bill to Protect America’s Domestic Food Supply and Agricultural Industry to be Signed into Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) applauded the House passage of their bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect the nation’s food supply and agricultural industry at the border.

Ranking Member Stabenow Statement on Trump Administration Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal. The Administration calls for a $21.8 billion cut to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on top of a $239 billion cut to Farm Bill investments.

USDA Seeks Public Input on New International Ag Education Program

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input to help inform planning and programming decisions for the new International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program.

USDA Invests $4.4 Million in Rural Broadband Infrastructure in Georgia’s Gilmer County

News Release: ELLIJAY, Ga., Feb. 7, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Georgia State Director Joyce White announced a $4.4 million investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure. This investment will support the construction of 90 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in Gilmer ...

Deputy Under Secretary Lipps Issues Statement on the January 2020 Unemployment Figures

Release: Washington, DC, February 7, 2020 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Brandon Lipps issued the following statement on the employment statistics released today.

USDA Reaches a Consent Decision with Eugene Nisly d/b/a Carrollton Livestock Auction for Violations of the P&S Act

News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Jan. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Eugene Nisly, doing business as Carrollton Livestock Auction (Carrollton), Carrollton, Ohio, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

USDA Designates 10 Virginia Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 10 Virginia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.

USDA Designates 43 New York Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 43 New York counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.

APHIS Expands the Huanglongbing Quarantined Area in California

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-02. February 7, 2020 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effectively immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the California citrus ...

USDA Reaches a Consent Decision with Great Lakes Cattle Marketing Company LLC and Gary Labor for Alleged P&S Act Violations

News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Jan. 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Great Lakes Cattle Marketing Company, LLC (Great Lakes) and Gary Labor (Labor) of Saint Louis, Mich., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.

USDA Invests $4.4 Million in Rural Broadband Infrastructure in Georgia’s Gilmer County

News Release: ELLIJAY, Ga., Feb. 7, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Georgia State Director Joyce White announced a $4.4 million investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure. This investment will support the construction of 90 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in Gilmer...

U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom Gives Dinner Speech at USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2020 – Ambassador Kip Tom, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, will speak at the annual dinner of USDA’s 96th Agricultural Outlook Forum , USDA’s largest annual meeting, slated for February 20-21, 2020 in Arlington, Va.

USDA Casts Vision for Scientific Initiatives Through 2025

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the publication of the USDA Science Blueprint, which will serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) vision for and continued commitment to scientific research.

USDA Announces Details of Risk Management Programs for Hemp Producers

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of two programs that protect hemp producers’ crops from natural disasters. A pilot hemp insurance program through Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) provides coverage against loss of yield because ...

USDA Expands Staffing Flexibility for State Agencies to Make SNAP Operations More Efficient

Release: As part of USDA’s continuing collaboration with its state partners to enhance customer service while maintaining program integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is expanding the work that vendors and private staff/contractors (“non-merit personnel") can do at SNAP call centers-ending the constraint that only state agency employees (“merit personnel") may handle certain tasks.

USDA Asks USTR to Reallocate Unused Raw Sugar TRQ Volume

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today requested that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) reallocate the unused quantities of the U.S. World Trade Organization (WTO) fiscal 2020 raw sugar import tariff-rate quota (TRQ).

Citizen Scientists Needed for Beans and Pulses-Cooking Project