By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [May 2, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh mamey sapote fruit (Pouteria sapota [Jacq.] H.E. Moore & Stearn) from Mexico into ...
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: May 2, 2019 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Chief Veterinary Officer for the United States, Dr. Jack Shere, accompanied by Dr. Jaspinder Komal, Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and by Dr. Juan Gay Gutierrez, Chief Veterinary Officer for Mexico issued the following statement about the African swine fever (ASF) forum that took place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on April 30 and May 1
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 1, 2019 – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a memorandum to state agencies encouraging them to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to cooperate with child support programs.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: [As prepared for delivery]. “Thank you for joining us here today to receive this report on the state of affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We’re happy to have Chairman Giancarlo with us today, and as this is our first subcommittee hearing, I look forward to a productive Congress alongside...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, May 1, 2019 - Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a encouraging them to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to cooperate with child support programs.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for April 2019, which are effective May 1-May 31, 2019. The Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing rate-based charge for May is 2.375 percent, down from 2.500 percent in April.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, Md., May 1, 2019-Scientists and engineers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed a more precise method to determine a major factor in grain quality. Quality testing is dependent on accurate and repeatable tests that assure a fair marketing system. That also means tests are always tweaked and improved to meet the needs of the industry. The recent advancement deals with a test known a "falling number" (FN).
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, May 1, 2019-Improved pest resistance and drought tolerance are among potential benefits of an international effort in which Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators have produced the clearest picture yet of the complex genomic history of the cultivated peanut.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the availability of a new web-based tool – developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin – to help dairy producers evaluate various scenarios using different coverage levels through the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Reliable, High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity is Essential to Enhanced Agricultural Production WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [April 30, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a pest risk analysis regarding the importation of fresh citrus fruit from China into the continental United States. After thorough analysis, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee on reviewing the state of the dairy economy.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Mauricio Macri of Argentina as part of a trip to review the agricultural trading relationships between...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the availability of a new web-based tool - developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin - to help dairy producers evaluate various scenarios using different coverage levels through the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies (PDF, 2.5 MB). The report finds that deployment of both broadband e-Connectivity and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technology on farms and ranches throughout the U.S. could result in at least $47 billion in national economic benefits every year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., April 29, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers Market kicks off its 24th season on May 3 with an opening performance by local band “Granny and the Boys.” The farmers market is located next to the USDA Headquarters at 12th and Independence Ave., S.W., and runs every ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019 – USDA extended the deadline to May 17 from May 1 for agricultural producers to certify 2018 crop production for payments through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), which helps producers who have been significantly affected by foreign tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the passing of former Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)...
