By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington - A new online tool can help farmers and ranchers find information on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) farm loans that may best fit their operations. USDA has launched the new Farm Loan Discovery Tool as the newest feature on farmers.gov, the Department’s self-service website for farmers.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at Tuesday’s hearing on the state of the livestock and poultry economy.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced up to $16 million in available funding to help socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers own and operate successful farms. Funding is made through the USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the award of more than $9 million in USDA Farm to School Program grants that will increase the amount of healthy, local foods served in schools and create economic opportunities for nearby farmers. This year marks ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Utah, July 16, 2019 – Today, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert have agreed to implement specific actions under Utah’s Shared Stewardship agreement that will immediately begin to improve conditions on-the-ground. The Shared Stewardship agreement, signed on May 22, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: A few years ago, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Akron, Colorado began noticing a pattern to their wheat harvests: yields were higher in low-lying areas.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has discontinued the annual Raisins: World Markets and Trade report as well as raisin-related updates to the Production, Supply, and Distribution (PSD) database. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service is no longer reporting U.S. production data for several categories of raisin-type grapes, meaning FAS is no longer able to develop a comprehensive global PSD estimate for raisins.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, July 16, 2019 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today awarded nearly $5.1 million in SNAP Fraud Framework grants to fund innovative state projects designed to reduce recipient fraud and enhance integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statement after today’s hearing on the state of the livestock and poultry industry.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, July 16, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the award of more than $9 million in USDA Farm to School Program grants that will increase the amount of healthy, local foods served in schools and create economic opportunities for nearby farmers.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to modernize the H-2A program to reflect stakeholder concerns and improve access to a legal source of agricultural labor: “President Trump once again shows ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: (San Diego, Calif., July 15, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today visited Sysco Corporation in San Diego, California to tour the facilities and join the company’s signing of the Pledge to America’s Workers. Sysco is pledging nearly 35,000 opportunities for America’s workers.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
Release: Offers Webinars Providing Guidance on Making a Suggestion Washington, D.C., July 15, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 104,100 metric tons of corn for delivery to Panama during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2019-On June 7, 2019, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was investigating a detection of genetically engineered (GE) wheat in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington State. The GE wheat plants in question were resistant to the ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 11, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds people in the forecast path of the major storm in the Gulf of Mexico to take steps now to protect the safety and health of their food, and farmers and ranchers about USDA resources available to help if their operations are affected by the storm.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) opened enrollment for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program on June 17 and has started issuing payments to producers who purchased coverage. Producers can enroll through Sept. 20, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Kansas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties who suffered losses caused flooding that has occurred since March 18, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., July 10, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened the comment period for a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh mamey sapote fruit (Pouteria sapota [Jacq.] H.E. Moore & ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., July 10, 2019 - USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has assessed the potential environmental impacts associated with releasing the Japanese knotweed psyllid (Aphalara itadori) to biologically control Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian knotweeds (Fallopia japonica, F.
