By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Services (AMS) filed an administrative complaint against S & S Buying, Inc. and Troy Siebels, Stamford, Nebraska, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Partnership with Kentucky Nonprofit Could Become National Model PIKEVILLE, Ky., Aug. 31, 2018 – On International Overdose Awareness Day, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA has formalized an innovative agreement in which a nonprofit organization will purchase homes from the Department and convert them to transitional housing for people recovering from opioid misuse.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky., Aug. 31, 2018 - On International Overdose Awareness Day, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA has formalized an innovative agreement in which a nonprofit organization will purchase homes from the Department and convert them to transitional housing for people recovering from opioid misuse.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Aug. 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Fair Trade Practices Program (FTPP) issued a complaint against Carolina Stockyard Company Inc. (Carolina), Staley, N.C., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (the Act).
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Sarita Ranch Provission Inc.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) is recognizing Croatia, Poland, Northern Ireland and Scotland as negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). APHIS is taking this action based on our review of the World Organization for Animal Health’s ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The World Food Prize Foundation announced today that Matthew Rouse, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientist, is the winner of the 2018 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, at the Sustainable Development Goals Conference in the Netherlands.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,611 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing to help deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure in rural America.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
Release: Washington, D.C.-Aug. 29, 2018. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in a six year old mixed-breed beef cow in Florida. This animal never entered slaughter channels and at no time presented ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing to help deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure in rural America.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2018) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding Senate Confirmation of James Hubbard, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment: “I’m very excited for Jim to finally ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that additional assistance has been made available for pecan growers to replant and replace trees through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) as they recover from the impacts of 2017 weather events, which was made available by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 198,862 metric tons of soybean cake and meal for delivery to Mexico. Of the total 146,781 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year and 52,081 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
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 that James E. Hubbard, Dawn DeBerry Stump, and Dan Michael Berkovitz were confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the announcement on trade between the United States and Mexico: “President Trump is delivering on his promise to renegotiate the old, outdated North American Free Trade Agreement ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald J. Trump directed Secretary ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Washington - On July 11, 2018, Casey Wilmot entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Fair Trade Practices Program (FTPP) for allegedly operating after his bond terminated in violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. At that time, Wilmot paid a penalty of $2,375. On July 20, 2018, Wilmot provided proof of proper bond coverage.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum, which produces a weed-killing compound, into rice plants.
