By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Naomi Earp for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Perdue issued the following statement: “Our aim at USDA is to treat ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today co-sponsored bipartisan legislation introduced by new Committee member Deb Fischer, R-Neb. The Fair Agricultural Reporting Method (FARM) Act would exempt air emissions from animal waste from being subject to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) reporting requirements.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that approved Turkish banks under the Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) are now approved to transact business in Israel. This is in addition to their approvals to also transact business in Turkey, the Caucasus Region, and the African continent.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the infrastructure agenda laid out by President Donald J. Trump, specifically its emphasis on investment in rural America. The plan calls for 25 percent of new federal funds to be dedicated to rural infrastructure needs, as prioritized by state and local leaders.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2018 -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 members, 13 alternate members and one advisor to serve on the Cotton Board. The following appointees will serve three-year terms ending Dec. 31, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. The proposal cuts the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by 16 percent, on top of cutting Farm Bill investments by $260 billion - a $30 billion increase in Farm Bill cuts from the previous year’s proposal.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the release of the Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget proposal, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, issued the joint statement below...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 members, 13 alternate members and one advisor to serve on the Cotton Board. The following appointees will serve three-year terms ending Dec. 31, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
Release: In addition, APHIS is amending requirements to codify existing treatment procedures for fruits and vegetables and make them more consistent, transparent, and enforceable. These actions include: expanding fruit cutting and inspection to commodities that have been cold-treated for a wider variety of pests ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
Release: Research has shown that female students are less than half as likely to graduate with a degree in a science-related field as their male counterparts. To increase awareness and help reverse this trend, countries around the world will observe the United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today published the 2016 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Summary shows more than 99.5 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues well below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and 22 percent had no detectable residue.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and key members of his staff, today received awards for their outstanding support to wheat growers from the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the U.S. Senate has reached a deal to provide immediate support for dairy producers. The bipartisan Senate budget agreement will provide over $1 billion to support dairy farmers. The deal will also return cotton to the commodity safety net and strengthen disaster assistance for livestock and specialty crop producers.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., February 7, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced $17.5 million in emergency funding to stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly in southeastern Pennsylvania.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
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By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today joined Senate colleagues on the floor to call for the immediate confirmation of Bill Northey, the nominee to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, Secretary Perdue, back to the Agriculture Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C., February 5, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s intent to appoint Kenneth Johnson to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator. Following the announcement, Secretary Perdue issued this ...
