By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: HAWARDEN, Iowa, Nov. 15, 2019 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey today announced USDA has invested $7.2 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural households and farms in Iowa and South Dakota. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments to assist American farmers affected by the Trump Administration’s trade policies...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced two additions to Committee staff on Friday.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in DeKalb and Marshall counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. poultry exports expected to top $1 billion annually (Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2019) – United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement on China’s decision to lift its ban on poultry imports from the United ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2019 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue welcome Brazil’s implementation of an annual duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) of 750,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat imports.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: New Schools, Clinics, Hospitals Will Benefit 1.6 Million People and Help Communities Thrive WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy today announced that USDA is investing $394 million to improve critical community facilities in 28 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. USDA is making the investments through the Community Facilities Direct Loan Program.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson and a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter today to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee on behalf of farmers and rural residents across the Midwest, to bring awareness to the need for a continued supply of propane to Midwest states.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2019 - United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement on China’s decision to lift its ban on poultry imports from the United States: “The United States welcomes...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 129,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Tennessee counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, and Sequatchie counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 14 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Box Elder, Grand, San Juan, Tooele, and Uintah, who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2019 - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue welcome Brazil’s implementation of an annual duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) of 750,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat imports. For many years, Brazil...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 47 North Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Barrow, Clarke, Dade, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Walker, Walton, and Warren, who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following statement today at the Subcommittee’s hearing on safeguarding American agriculture from wild, invasive, and non-native species.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Kentucky counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knox, Pike, and Whitley counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded today’s Trump administration announcement that Brazil has implemented its long-awaited annual duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) of 750,000 metric tons of wheat imports.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is pleased with today’s announcement by U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer that the Chinese market is once again open to U.S. poultry exports.
