By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2018
Release: By Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 1, 2018 - May is World Trade Month, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) marks the occasion by highlighting USDA’s success and continued commitment to expanding trade and increasing rural prosperity through agricultural exports. “As World Trade...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 30, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the funding of $7 million to support 11 projects in six states to develop solutions to challenges affecting the specialty crop industries that cross state boundaries. The awards are managed through the Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP) administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Argentina during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
Release: April 27, 2018. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites public comment on a revised environmental impact statement (EIS) for the national fruit fly cooperative control program. The draft EIS considers potential environmental impacts from each of ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Goodness Greeness Inc.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 26, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding Senate confirmation of Ken Barbic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations: “As USDA continues its mission of helping agricultural ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
Release: Identifying a vaccine that uses a modified virus will enable USDA to more quickly source and acquire FMD vaccine in the event of an outbreak of this devastating disease. With this announcement, vaccine companies may now apply for USDA permits to continue their work with this specific modified, non-infectious ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 107,600 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Benny F. Hall & Sons LLC.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
Release: Summary:The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending the comment period for the revised Chronic Wasting Disease Program Standards. On March 29, 2018, APHIS announced revised standards that provide guidance on how to meet program and interstate movement ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against The Produce Connection Inc.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today is pleased to announce that Ken Barbic was approved by the U.S. Senate.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 25, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue commemorated his first year at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today by releasing a new interactive website and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue: Year One video. In his first year, Secretary Perdue and the USDA team ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 25, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new interactive webpage to identify best practices for building rural prosperity.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
Release: Some people use speed dating to find life partners, but U.S. seafood exporters recently applied the concept to finding new trading partners. On March 10, Food Export-Northeast organized an event in Boston where 17 U.S. sellers met with 15 interested foreign buyers in the hopes of hooking new sales opportunities.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new interactive webpage to identify best practices for building rural prosperity.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Argentina. Of the total 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2017/2018 marketing year and 70,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND, April 24, 2018-A surprisingly high percent of the white-footed mice collected last summer in Howard County, Maryland, in an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Areawide Integrated Tick Management Project turned out to be infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is notifying the public of our intention to recognize Northern Ireland, Croatia, Poland and Scotland as negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The World Organization for Animal Health’s (OIE) ...
