By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 352,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2018 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. The program offers training and collaborative research opportunities to scientists, researchers, and policymakers from 40 eligible countries.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., September 8, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today called on Congress to address the way the U.S. Forest Service is funded so that the agency is not routinely borrowing money from prevention programs to combat ongoing wildfires. Perdue argued that taking funds from ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2017 – Some of Oregon’s neediest children will be able to enjoy uninterrupted meal service in the midst of wildfires thanks to a demonstration project approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
Release: Washington - Families affected by Hurricane Harvey will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods--100 percent grown and produced on farms in the U.S.--known as USDA Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Texas Department of Agriculture announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., September 7, 2017) – Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the realignment of a number of offices within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to improve customer service and maximize efficiency. The actions involve innovation, consolidation, and the rearrangement ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2017 – Families affected by Hurricane Harvey will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods--100 percent grown and produced on farms in the U.S.--known as USDA Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Texas Department of Agriculture announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 7, 2017 - Families affected by Hurricane Harvey will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods--100 percent grown and produced on farms in the U.S.--known as USDA Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Texas Department of Agriculture announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC, September 6, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today reiterated his strong support for President Trump’s tax reform agenda, as the president outlined today in North Dakota. Perdue issued the following statement: “Farming is a complicated operation, so to place more burdens ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced that the government of Vietnam has notified the U.S. that it will resume imports of American distillers dried grains (DDGS). In December 2016, Vietnam suspended ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: There is good news for beef producers in western states: They might not have to wait two to three years after a spring wildfire to graze cattle on federal rangelands.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 253,300 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 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 hearing titled, “Nutrition Programs: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: White-footed mice in Howard County, Maryland are being collared as part of a study to improve control of the ticks that spread Lyme disease. The mouse collaring research, never before done in Maryland, is a partnership of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks (HCRP ), and University of Maryland (UMD ).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2017 -- Families participating in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in hurricane-stricken Texas will have an easier time finding WIC-approved foods for mothers and their children thanks to food-package flexibilities approved Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 4, 2017 -- Families participating in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in hurricane-stricken Texas will have an easier time finding WIC-approved foods for mothers and their children thanks to food-package flexibilities approved Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2017 -- USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has issued special procedures that give all states flexibility in providing expedited Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to families who have evacuated their homes and moved outside the State of Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2017
News Release: (Albany, NH, Sept. 2, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Friday administered the oath of office to Tony Tooke, who became the 18th Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in a ceremony at White Mountain National Forest. Tooke has worked for the Forest Service since age 18 – with 37 total years of service – and until now was the Regional Forester for the Southern Region.
