By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our concurrence with the World Organization for Animal Health's (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for Nicaragua. The OIE recognizes this region as being ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019-Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators-particularly native southeastern blueberry bees-although growers can bring in managed honey bees to do the job, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
Release: Update: Due to a technical issue the Office of the Federal Register is experiencing with the Public Inspection List on its website, USDA is delaying the registration for the second Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee meeting to ensure equitable access for all who wish to participate. Registration will open at 9:00 am, Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements in response to today’s announcement of open signup for the 2018 Farm Bill’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Move puts ERS, NIFA closer to customers, expected to save nearly $300 million nominally (Washington, D.C., June 13, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to the Kansas City Region.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announces that signup begins June 17 for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, the cornerstone program of the dairy safety net that helps dairy producers manage the volatility of milk and feed prices, operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, and Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett issued the following statements in response to today’s announced relocation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: [NEW]. Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “How Farm Policy Helps Farmers in Adverse Conditions". Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 2:00PM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington,...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 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’s announcement that dairy farmers can sign up for affordable benefits through Dairy Margin Coverage.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
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, “Certainty in Global Markets for the U.S. Agriculture Sector."
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Certainty in Global Markets for the U.S. Agriculture Sector."
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 175,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 12, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) released proposed changes to modernize how the agency complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed updates would not only give the Forest Service the tools and flexibility ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on Increasing Resiliency, Mitigating Risk: Examining the Research and Extension Needs of Producers.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: (Council Bluffs, IA., June 11, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump Signed the Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products Executive Order. “Our current regulatory framework has impeded innovation ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 11, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PDF, 146 KB) to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on the state of U.S. agricultural products in foreign markets.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it’s now easier to view, access, and download its data on the transportation of agricultural products by rail, truck, barge and ocean. Thanks to a new, interactive format, customers have an alternative to static PDFs and Excel versions of the data maintained by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which issues several transportation reports, including the weekly Grain Transportation Report.
