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USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with New Jersey

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with New Jersey under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.


There were 55 notices published by the Agriculture Department in October, according to the Federal Register.


Biden-Harris Administration Expands Rural Partners Network to Four More States and Puerto Rico

News Release: The USDA-led Rural Partners Network expands to 17 more communities to help rural people create new and lasting economic opportunities


Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on Nov. 3 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration Expands Rural Partners Network to Four More States and Puerto Rico

News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Susan Rice, White House Domestic Policy Advisor, today announced the expansion of the Rural Partners Network (RPN) to 17 communities in four more states and Puerto Rico. RPN is an all-of-government program that partners with rural people to access resources and funding to create local jobs, build infrastructure, and support long-term economic stability on their own terms.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Vermont

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Vermont for more than $300,000 to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.


APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Tahiti Limes from Brazil

Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Tahiti Limes fruit (Citrus latifolia) for consumption from Brazil into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Round of Historic Investments to Increase Competition and Expand Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity

News Release: OMAHA, Nov. 2, 2022 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $73 million in 21 grant projects through the first round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP). MPPEP delivers on President Biden‘s...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Round of Historic Investments to Increase Competition and Expand Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity

News Release: More Than $223 Million in Grants and Loans Will Increase Competition and Economic Opportunities for Meat and Poultry Processors and Producers around the Country, and Help Lower Costs for Working Families


Agriculture Department discusses Single Family Housing Section 502 Direct and Guaranteed Manufactured Housing Pilots on Nov. 2

The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


APHIS Posts New Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program Report

Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its (July 1 - September 30). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.


Recent APHIS Tribal Relations Youth Opportunities Highlights

Release: APHIS attended Navajo Technical University’s (NTU) APHIS Tribal College & University (TCU) Student Presentation Day Event held at Crownpoint, New Mexico in October of 2022. Hosting supervisors and interns from FY21/22 presented on the internship program, program information, and APHIS Tribal Activities.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ranking Member Boozman Requests Accounting of USDA COVID-19 Relief Spending from FY21 Appropriations Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON-Raising concerns that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun using unobligated COVID-19 funds for unintended purposes, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is asking for an accounting of the $11 billion included in last year’s appropriations bill to help farmers, ranchers, loggers, restaurants, schools, and others respond to the pandemic.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Florida for more than $11.4 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.


The US Agriculture Department published a six page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agriculture Department discusses Adjustments to Mango Board Representation on Nov. 1

The US Agriculture Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.