By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued a movement permit to Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole, a broker with Worldwide Gifts, Unlimited. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States between the hours of 7 p.m. Dec. 24, 2017 and 7 a.m. Dec. 25, 2017, through or over any U.S. border port.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 252,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
Release: Dear Stakeholders:Last week I shared the news that Dr. Jere Dick, APHIS’ Associate Administrator, is retiring at the end of the year after three distinguished decades of service. Today, I want to let you know that he will be joined by William Clay, our Deputy Administrator for Wildlife Services (WS), ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals, including 12 dairy producers and one importer, to serve three-year terms on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Their terms begin immediately and end on Oct. 31, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2017 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. In the first year of the Trump Administration, USDA made breakthroughs in agricultural trade, moved to reduce burdensome regulations, responded to natural disasters, and battled through the worst fire season on record, among other notable achievements.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2017-With the year drawing to a close, the U.S. Department of agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is preparing for 2018 with renewed vigor, building on its scientific and technological accomplishments to date-from a food nutrient database that consumers can access with the click of a mouse to a natural tire rubber made from guayule, a small flowering shrub native to the southwestern United States.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington - International trade was once again an engine for economic growth in rural America in 2017, with U.S. farm and food exports reaching $140.5 billion for the fiscal year, the third-highest total on record.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the agency facilitated the export of more than $3.8 billion of American produced agricultural products in Fiscal Year 2017 through its Export Verification (EV), grading and classing programs.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 21, 2017 - Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) Brandon Lipps today highlighted the vital work Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has done this year to provide food assistance to the millions of Americans impacted by unprecedented hurricanes and wildfires, as well as the numerous actions FNCS has taken to promote self-sufficiency, integrity, and customer service within federal nutrition programs.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the ten Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry wrote a letter to Stephen Vaden, the Trump administration’s nominee for General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to seek more information regarding the reassignments of several high-level career employees at USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional passage of a conference report on tax cuts and reform legislation: “This is a once-in-a-generation reform of the federal tax code and it comes just in time ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 27 members to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Twenty-five of the appointees will serve three-year terms. Two appointees will serve the remaining one-year portion of vacant positions.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national program guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer service.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 27 members to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Twenty-five of the appointees will serve three-year terms. Two appointees will serve the remaining one-year portion of vacant positions.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 20, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national program guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer service.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, 13 Senators wrote a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke to request information about the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s review of 2015 plans to protect the imperiled greater sage-grouse.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced Robert Rosado will join the Committee as senior professional staff responsible for nutrition, specialty crops, and organics.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 145,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2017 -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Members newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: * Ernesto Chamberlain, Nogales, Ariz.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has selected Kansas State University to direct the Center for Food Safety in Child Nutrition Programs. The research resulting from this partnership will help improve food safety across all of USDA’s child nutrition programs, which serve billions of meals to children each year.
