By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Greg Ibach, alerts international travelers of a deadly swine disease that they could unknowlingly bring back into the United States on their clothes, shoes or hands.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, March 19, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), invites the public to register to attend the first meeting of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The meeting will be held at USDA headquarters...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Meeting Kicks Off at USDA on March 28, 29, Chair and Vice Chair Named WASHINGTON, March 19, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), invites the public to register to attend the first meeting of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 19, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the 2019 scholarship application cycle for the USDA/1890 National Scholars Program. The program aims to increase the number of minority students studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, and other agriculture-related disciplines. The program is available through the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Provides New Resources to Raise Awareness of the Deadly Disease WASHINGTON, March 19, 2019 – Last week, USDA-trained detector dogs played a major role in the seizure of smuggled pork from China where there is an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF). The highly contagious and deadly disease affects both domestic and feral (wild) pigs and there is no treatment or vaccine available for it.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Moceri Food & Beverage Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - On March 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a complaint against James Steven Kemp (Kemp), Pleasant Shade, Tennessee, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Golden Kingdom Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
Release: Provides New Resources to Raise Awareness of the Deadly Disease
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Utopia Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
Release: Summary: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) completed an evaluation of the Mexican State of Baja California and determined the region is free of fever ticks. If Baja California is declared free of fever ticks, cattle entering the U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - On Dec. 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an amended administrative complaint removing Deborah Nicholas and naming Eugene Nicholas, as a respondent, along with Nicholas Meat LLC (Nicholas), Loganton, Pa., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Penny Tsigaris, doing business as Manavi Produce (Tsigaris dba Manavi), Oceanside, N.Y., for failing to pay for produce.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 18, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $91 million to build or improve community facilities and essential services for nearly 300,000 rural residents in 12 states.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a complaint to Shane M. Lynch (Lynch), doing business as Lynch Cattle Company LLC, Stratford, Oklahoma, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 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 investing $91 million to build or improve community facilities (PDF, 108 KB) and essential services for nearly 300,000 rural residents in 12 states.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - On March 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a complaint against Four R Ranch LLC, Greg Ryan and Tim Ryan (Four R), Rineyville, Kentucky, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Honey bees aren't the only pollinators of apple flowers: bumble bees, sweat bees, mason bees and many other species do, too-and the more the better, according to findings of a study recently published in the journal Science.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on two documents related to the potential deregulation of a soybean variety genetically engineered (GE) for increased yield and resistance to the herbicide glufosinate. The documents ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 14, 2019 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture joins the nation in celebrating National Ag Day, which highlights agriculture’s crucial role in everyday life, and honors the farmers, foresters, scientists, producers and many others who contribute to America’s bountiful harvest. ...
