By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: FRANKENMUTH, MICH. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the Farm Bill field hearing in Frankenmuth, Mich. entitled: Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: FRANKENMUTH, Mich. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held the second hearing on the 2018 Farm Bill in Frankenmuth, Mich., titled, “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan."
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. May 4, 2017-An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist will become the newest member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame tonight during ceremonies at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. She is receiving the award posthumously.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market on the National Mall opens for its 22nd season, Friday, May 5. The market offers an opportunity to more than 30 farmers, ranchers and small food businesses to sell their products directly to those who work, live and visit the Nation’s Capital.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 4, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today pledged the full resources and support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to severe flooding occurring in many states across the center of the country. Representatives of relevant USDA agencies, including ...
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 4, 2017) – Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that the first shipment of fresh U.S. beef has arrived in Brazil following a 13-year hiatus. The entrance of American beef into the Brazilian market ushers in promising long-term economic opportunity for U.S. beef producers. “With ...
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
Release: U.S. fresh beef exports are back in Brazil! Following a 13-year hiatus, the first shipment of U.S. fresh beef arrived in Brazil ushering in promising long-term market opportunities for the U.S. beef industry. In 2016, the United States exported $6.3 billion in beef and beef products globally. With Brazil’s large market reopened to the United States, U.S. beef exports are poised for new growth.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Contact: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 4, 2017 - Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that the first shipment of fresh U.S. beef has arrived in Brazil following a 13-year hiatus. The entrance of American beef into the Brazilian market ushers in promising long-term economic...
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 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 on May 11, titled, “Pesticide Registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Providing Stakeholders with Certainty through the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act."
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn today announced that the European Union (EU) has amended its requirements for imports of U.S. citrus. Specifically, the EU has dropped its requirement that U.S. groves be surveyed for citrus canker, which eases entry of U.S. citrus into the EU market and saves growers millions of dollars in production costs.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2017
Release: Leesburg, VA May 1, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide greater flexibility in nutrition requirements for school meal programs in order to make food choices both healthful and appealing to students. Perdue made...
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today announced witnesses for the Committee’s field hearing in Frankenmuth, Mich. on the 2018 Farm Bill.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 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 witnesses for the Committee’s second field hearing of the 115th Congress in Frankenmuth, Mich., on the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill reauthorization.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Local Control of Whole Grains, Sodium, Milk to Make Meals Healthful, Appealing LEESBURG, VA, May 1, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide greater flexibility in nutrition requirements for school meal programs in order ...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today joined U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in announcing much-needed regulatory flexibility for the National School Lunch Program.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Cotton farmers in Alabama who use cover crops have a new, cost-cutting option. They can kill their cover crops and plant their cotton in the same pass through a field, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: A fish called "Coco" is lending a fin and, more importantly, much needed DNA to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) and Auburn University researchers. The result is the first sequencing of a channel catfish genome and the promise of better products for catfish producers.
