By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced that the marketing assistance loan rate for 2019-crop base quality upland cotton is 52 cents per pound.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today said President Trump signed the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) into law, bringing certainty to the agriculture industry and other stakeholders.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $7.2 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.5 million to Washington State as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a formal agreement to jointly oversee the production of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $16 million to California as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Washington - On Feb. 07, 2019, Richard Schisler, doing business as Richard Schisler’s Livestock, Littlestown, Pa., waived his right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $550 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $155,293 to Nebraska as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $3.1 million to Hawaii as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing some changes to the regulations for the accredited veterinarian program, in order to clarify program definitions.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today appointed 31 members to the National Potato Promotion Board. Each representative will serve a three-year term of office.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $7.1 million to Pennsylvania from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.9 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.7 million to Massachusetts from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.2 million to New York as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.5 million to Oregon as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $1.7 million to Idaho as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 6, 2019 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced additional steps to keep African swine fever (ASF) from entering the United States, even as the disease spreads internationally. These steps strengthen the protections announced last fall after the deadly swine disease reached China. The goal remains to protect our nation’s swine industry from this disease. ASF does not affect people, nor is it a food safety issue.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced this week that the January 2019 income over feed cost margin was $7.99 per hundredweight, triggering the first payment for eligible dairy producers who purchase the appropriate level of coverage under the new but yet-to-be established Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Heath Tarbert to be Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
