By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, filed an amendment to the 2018 Senate Budget Resolution to protect the next Farm Bill from cuts in funding.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry joined her Agriculture Committee colleague U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to strengthen the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) - an innovative approach ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rollback of two Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules. Included in this regulatory ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Alongside its local, State and Federal partners, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service remains actively involved in response to wildfires in California. While these fires are not on National Forest System lands, the Forest Service provides additional firefighting personnel, incident ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 227,300 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Oct. 16, 2017-Some Maryland deer might soon self-eradicate ticks, including those that carry lyme disease, in the next phase of a study evaluating tick control strategies in Howard County, Maryland. The project finds the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks and University of Maryland working together to eliminate this pest.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
Release: On the first-ever FAS trade mission to Brazil, 22 U.S. companies and farm groups made great headway to expand their agricultural exports and develop their business relationships in Recife and São Paulo. Over the course of five days, as a result of more than 275 one-on-one business meetings, participants secured $6.7 million in projected sales of U.S. farm and food products to Brazil over the next 12 months.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2017) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today expressed strong support for the tax reform agenda championed by President Donald J. Trump, hailing it as a great benefit to American agricultural producers. President Trump highlighted the tax reform proposals in an event in Pennsylvania featuring truckers and representatives of the trucking industry.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Chairman Giancarlo, to the Agriculture Committee. You’ve appeared before the Committee before but this is your first time as Chairman.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
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 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo’s announcement to extend the $8 billion de minimis threshold phase-in termination date by one year to December 2019. This extension gives the CFTC time to complete the rule in 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 131,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2017
Release: Honduras’ top agricultural official was in Washington in early October to provide a first-hand account of how the Foreign Agricultural Service’s Food for Progress Program is helping improve rural livelihoods, boost agricultural productivity, enhance food security and ensure stability in his country.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Secretary Perdue Pledges Support on the Long Road to Recovery WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced employees and agencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continue to offer vital resources to help citizens and communities recover from the devastating effects of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 19, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is making it easier for North Carolina schools affected by Hurricane Florence to feed students during this time of great need. All students in affected disaster areas in North Carolina will now be able to enjoy free...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 195,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., October 5, 2017) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today commended Greg Ibach and Bill Northey, two nominees for key posts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for their joint appearance before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. President ...
