By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Marek's disease-a highly contagious viral disease caused by a herpesvirus-is a constant threat to poultry worldwide. It is also one of the most preventable diseases with vaccination. However, while vaccines prevent poultry from becoming sick with symptoms of the virus, they do not prevent virus spread and mutation-considered the main reason for increased virus virulence, or severity, in field strains in U.S. commercial flocks.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WISCONSIN, Aug. 20, 2019-Bees only feast on nectar and pollen, right?.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2019 – A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that individuals are putting themselves at risk of illness when they wash or rinse raw poultry.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 2019 - The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has analyzed the potential environmental impacts of releasing the insect Sericothrips staphylinus within the contiguous United States to control gorse (Ulex europea). Gorse ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
Release: APHIS Adds Serbia to the List of Regions Affected by African Swine Fever APHIS Assessment Finds No Significant Environmental Impact for Conservation Program Designed to Support the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher USDA Informs the Public on International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard-Setting Activities ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 20, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is expanding its payment options to now accept debit cards and Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit. These paperless payment options enable FSA customers to pay farm loan payments, measurement service fees, farm program debt repayments and administrative service fees, as well as to purchase aerial maps.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 19, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has sworn in Brandon Lipps as Deputy Under Secretary of the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS) and Pam Miller as the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Secretary Perdue issued the following statement.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 19, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has sworn in Brandon Lipps as Deputy Under Secretary of the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS) and Pam Miller as the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2019 – Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Bette Brand today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding grants for projects in all states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Bette Brand today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding grants for projects in all states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs (PDF, 216 KB) for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that producers of nearly 17,000 dairy operations have signed up for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program since signup opened June 17. Producers interested in 2019 coverage must sign up before Sept. 20, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: BURNS, OREGON, Aug. 19, 2019-Burning invasive western juniper increases the time-post-fire-that native mountain sagebrush will remain the dominant woody vegetation in the plant community by at least 44 percent compared to cutting juniper back, according to a new study in Ecology and Evolution by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 44 Arkansas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds, lightning, and tornadoes that occurred since Sept. 20, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 296,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 15, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will defer accrual of interest for all agricultural producers’ spring 2019 crop year insurance premiums to help the wide swath of farmers and ranchers affected by extreme weather ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Children’s nutritional needs do not take a summer break. This summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service partnered with the Texas Department of Agriculture and Baylor University’s...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
Release: On August 8, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service celebrated 50 remarkable years of service dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through our nation’s vital nutrition programs. It was a special moment to reflect on how these valuable programs, and the laws that authorize and shape them, have grown and evolved to meet changing food and nutrition needs, always with an eye to good stewardship.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 14, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today met with a host of Ministers from Guatemala to discuss implementation of the recently signed agreement between the United States and Guatemala to improve H-2A visa program operations. Following the meeting, Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 45 Mississippi counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to the combined effects of freeze, excessive rainfall, flooding, and flash flooding that occurred since Jan. 15, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 53 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive rainfall and flooding that has occurred since March 9, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
