By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 20, 2018) – Vice President of the United States Mike Pence presented President Donald J. Trump’s National Agriculture Day Proclamation to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 20, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding National Agriculture Day and President Donald J. Trump’s Proclamation recognizing the importance of America’s farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers: “For the past 45 years, National ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 20, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to fund broadband infrastructure projects in unserved rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Peru during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after sharing additional details of the Agriculture Committee Majority’s farm bill nutrition proposals with Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to fund broadband infrastructure projects in unserved rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is hosting a series of listening sessions to help address the shortage of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Farmers Best of NYC Inc.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
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By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: Other changes include: adding most of the currently prohibited plants to the Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis list; moving lists of approved growing media, packing materials, and ports of entry, and other approved items to the Plants for Planting Manual; adopting a notice-based process for making ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney talked to reporters March 12 about his recent trip to Japan, where he discussed trade policy priorities with Japanese officials and promoted U.S. food and farm products at FOODEX, Asia's largest food and beverage trade show. USDA Radio’s Stephanie Ho has the story.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 15, 2018 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an agreement with the government of South Korea that significantly reduces negative impacts on trade should another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occur in the United States. The agreement will allow for trade restrictions at the state level instead of the country level during any future HPAI detections.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, March 15, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) together with the Ohio Department of Agriculture today announced that the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is eradicated from Stonelick Township in Clermont County, Ohio.“The cooperative ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an agreement with the government of South Korea that significantly reduces negative impacts on trade should another detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) occur in the United States. The agreement will allow for trade restrictions at the state level instead of the country level during any future HPAI detections.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: A human nutrition study reaffirmed the health benefits of substituting whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice for refined-grain products like white bread in the diet.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2018) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at 10:00 a.m. ET today. These are the Secretary's remarks submitted to the record. They are embargoed until the conclusion of the hearing.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach today issued the following statement regarding an agreement among Congressional leaders to address concerns with recent changes to Section 199A of the federal tax code. Some agriculture stakeholders had raised questions about potential market effects on cooperatives and independent grain-related businesses.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled “Rebuilding Infrastructure in America: Administration Perspectives.” Secretary Perdue was joined by Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, and Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry.
