By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Oct. 24, 2019-Deformed Wing Virus (DWV), one of the leading causes of honey bee colony losses, is much more genetically diverse in the United States than previously thought, according to a study published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in PLoS Biology.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 264,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Below is a bipartisan discussion draft of a bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary Donald “DJ" LaVoy and U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two departments to promote rural energy and the development of technologies that will support and advance rural and agricultural communities and domestic manufacturing.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
Release: Below is a bipartisan discussion draft of a bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Oct. 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Calvin Plummer, Jr., doing business as J&J Cattle and J-J (Plummer) of Sayre, Okla., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Oct. 10, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with USA Pork Packers Inc. (USA PORK) and Wayne H. Kreisl, Sr. (Kreisl) of...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 128,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Twin Lakes Calf Company, LLC (Twin Lakes) for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Twin Lakes waived its right to a hearing and paid a penalty of $4,480.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Phillip L. Sandifer was not responsibly connected to Sandifer Farms LLC, Blackville, S.C. This is an update to Press Release No: 131-19 issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Oct. 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision (“Decision") with Nicholas Meat LLC and Eugene Nicholas for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: [new]. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “Reviewing the State of Organic Agriculture - Producer Perspectives".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today is pleased with the announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend the deadline for eligible producers to enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Grassland Conservation Initiative.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA is extending the deadline to November 8, 2019, for eligible agriculture producers to enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Grassland Conservation Initiative, which was created by the 2018 Farm Bill. The original deadline was Oct. 25, 2019. This program is available to producers with base acreage that has been in grass or grasslands over a nine-year period, rather than planted with commodity crops.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: (Orangeburg, SC, Oct. 22, 2019) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested $9,750,000 in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 3,911 rural households in South Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2019 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the launch of the Centers of Community Prosperity (CCP), designed to increase the capacity of rural and underserved communities across the country. The program is administered by the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following statement after hosting a roundtable today with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection leaders.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota voiced his support following an announcement today that the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change will review the nation’s biofuel-blending requirements, and specifically the Environmental Protection Agency’s granting of Small Refinery Exemption waivers and the Administration’s plans to reallocate those waived gallons of biofuel.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following remarks today at the Subcommittee's hearing on conservation benefits of precision agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: (Orangeburg, SC, Oct. 22, 2019) - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested $9,750,000 in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 3,911 rural households in South Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
