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News Release: Investments will Benefit 169,000 Rural Americans FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA., June 26, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is investing $192 million in 71 projects located across 29 states to improve rural water infrastructure.

APHIS Reopens Comment Period on Protocols for Deregulating Fields Previously Infested with Pale Cyst Nematode

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened the comment period on the protocols for deregulating fields previously infested with pale cyst nematode (PCN). We are reopening the comment period for 30 days to ensure that all persons have the opportunity to comment on the protocols.

Chairman David Scott Opening Statement at Hearing on Brexit and Other International Developments Affecting U.S. Derivatives Markets

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on Brexit and other international developments affecting U.S. derivatives markets.

USDA Invests in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 29 States

News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA., June 26, 2019 - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is investing $192 million in 71 projects located across 29 states to improve rural water infrastructure (PDF, 201 KB).

Witness List: Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit

News Release: 10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. WITNESS LIST. Mr. Terrence A. Duffy, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Christopher Edmonds, Senior Vice President of Financial Markets, Intercontinental Exchange, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Daniel Maguire, CEO, LCH Group,...

Novel Watermelon Rootstock Knocks Out Disease and Pests

News Release: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, June 25, 2019-A new watermelon line, developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Clemson University scientists, gets to the root of the problem of a major disease and pest of watermelon crops in the southern United States.

Ranking Member Stabenow Urges USDA to Make Climate Change Research Public

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, raised strong concerns that the reported suppression of significant climate change research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is harmful to agriculture and urged the Department to publicize past and future research.

Ranking Member Stabenow Opening Statement at CFTC Reauthorization Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow(D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “The State of the Derivatives Market and Perspectives for CFTC Reauthorization."

Chairwoman Spanberger Opening Statement at Hearing on Managing for Soil Health: Securing the Conservation and Economic Benefits of Healthy Soils

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chairwoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on “Managing for Soil Health: Securing the Conservation and Economic Benefits of Healthy Soils.".

Chairman Roberts Hears from Industry Stakeholders Ahead of CFTC Reauthorization

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing titled, “The State of the Derivatives Market and Perspectives for CFTC Reauthorization."

USDA Announces Investments in Community Facilities that will Benefit 631,000 Rural Americans

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019

News Release: USDA Has More Than $2 Billion Still Available for Rural Communities to Build or Modernize Education, Health Care, Municipal and Public Safety Facilities WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

USDA Announces Investments in Community Facilities that will Benefit 631,000 Rural Americans

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019

News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has more than $2 billion still available this year to invest in community facilities and infrastructure projects in rural areas. Baxley also released the names of 40 rural communities that are receiving a total of $50 million for projects that will benefit 631,000 rural residents (PDF, 140 KB) in 17 states.

Witness List: Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019

News Release: 10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. WITNESS LIST. Dr. Shefali Mehta, Executive Director, Soil Health Partnership, National Corn Growers Association, Washington, D.C. Mr. Nathan Anderson, Board Secretary, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Aurelia, Iowa. Mr. Ian Cunningham, Secretary/ Treasurer,...

USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Arkansas Disaster Areas

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 21, 2019 – Arkansas residents recovering from recent major flooding in 12 counties could be eligible for a helping hand from USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

FNS Fills the Summer Meal Gap in Rural Areas

Release: By Brandon Lipps. Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Most kids look forward to the end of school and the start of summer vacation, but for some it can also mean the loss of the regular meals they rely on during the school year. USDA’s summer meal programs, including...

USDA Modernizes Plant Pest Regulations, Improves Customer Service

Release: Washington, D.C., June 21, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has published a final rule to revise the regulations in Title 7 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 330 that govern the movement of plant pests. The final rule ...

USDA Offers Producers Options to Re-enroll or Extend Expiring CRP Contracts

News Release: Washington - Farmers and ranchers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts may now re-enroll in certain CRP continuous signup practices or, if eligible, select a one-year contract extension. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) also is accepting offers from those who want to enroll for the first time in one of the country’s largest conservation programs. FSA’s 52nd signup for CRP runs from June 3 to August 23.

Signing Ceremony Sets Terms of NBAF Transfer from Homeland Security to USDA

Release: (Washington, D.C., June 20, 2019) - Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today signed. (more)

USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Arkansas Disaster Areas

Release: Washington, DC, June 21, 2019 - Arkansas residents recovering from recent major flooding in 12 counties could be eligible for a helping hand from USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) announced today by the U.S Department of Agriculture.

Vaccine Investigators Use Bacterium's Own Protein Against It