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News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

Peterson Statement at Hearing on Oversight of Commodity Futures Trading Commission

News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing, “The Upcoming Agenda for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission:".

Plainville Livestock Commission, Inc., Plainville, Kansas Suspended and Assessed a Civil Penalty in Settlement with AMS

News Release: Washington - On July 12, 2018, Plainville Livestock Commission Inc., and Tyler D. Gillum of Plainville, Kansas (collectively, Plainville), a market agency selling livestock on commission subject to the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act, entered into a Consent Decree with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Georgia, New Jersey, Nevada and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

AMS Reaches a Settlement with R. Y. Livestock Sales, Inc.

News Release: Washington - On June 19, 2018, the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA), R. Y. Livestock Sales, Inc., (R. Y. Livestock), and owner, Samuel Rodriguez, Jr., (Rodriguez) Rio Grande City, TX, settled a complaint filed against R. Y. Livestock and Rodriguez for suspected violations of the Packers...

USDA Assists Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

News Release: (Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a short-term ...

USDA Announces Deregulation of Herbicide-Resistant GE Cotton

Release: Dear BRS Stakeholder,The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces today the deregulation of Bayer CropScience’s cotton variety genetically (GE) engineered for resistance to the herbicides glyphosate and p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-Inhibitors ...

Under Secretary McKinney Recaps Southeast Asia Trade Mission

Release: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney talked to reporters July 18 about the trade mission he led to Indonesia and Southeast Asia. McKinney said there is a market for U.S. food and ag products in Indonesia, but that regulations are hindering access. USDA Radio’s Gary Crawford has the story.

USDA Assists Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

News Release: CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., July 24, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation. President Trump...

Chairman Roberts’ Statement on USDA Trade Assistance

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced up to $12 billion in assistance to farmers impacted by tariffs.

Ranking Member Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing to Consider USDA, CFTC Nominees

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the nomination hearing to consider Dan Michael Berkovitz to serve as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and James E. Hubbard to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Chairman Roberts Holds CFTC, USDA Nominations Hearing

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 on the nominations of Dan Michael Berkovitz to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and James E. Hubbard to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA Announces Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Appointments

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 23, 2018 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 12 members to serve on the Federal Grain Inspection Service’s (FGIS) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee beginning July 1, 2018.

USDA Invests in Rural Community Facilities in 22 States

News Release: Projects Will Provide $17.4 Million in Essential Services for More Than 220,000 Rural Americans WASHINGTON, July 23, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $17.4 million in 41 projects that will provide essential services for rural communities in 22 states.

Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture cancellations of optional origin sales totaling 165,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2018/2019 marketing year. An optional origin contract provides that the origin of the commodity may be the U.S. or one or more other exporting countries.

USDA Invests in Rural Community Facilities in 22 States

News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $17.4 million in 41 projects (PDF, 154 KB) that will provide essential services for rural communities in 22 states.

USDA Announces Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Appointments