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News Release: USDA’s Largest Conservation Program Helps Producers Improve Health, Productivity of Working Lands WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017 – Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young today announced that a contract renewal sign-up is underway for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest working ...

USDA Seeks Nominees for the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for positions on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors.

Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.

USDA Announces May Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee will host a public meeting May 9-10, 2017, in the Potomac Meeting Room of the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va. The committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 9, and from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 10. The meeting is open to the public. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is coordinating the meeting.

USDA Cites Northern Produce Mushrooms Inc. in California for Failure to Pay for Produce and Company Satisfies Terms of Consent Decision and Order

News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Nov. 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that Northern Produce Mushrooms Inc. (Northern Produce), of Commerce, Calif., failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $422,177 to 13 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

Ranking Member Stabenow Statement on Agriculture Committee Vote on Sonny Perdue

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today voted on the nomination of former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee favorably voted the nominee out of the Committee at a business meeting earlier today.

Senate Agriculture Committee Swiftly Advances USDA Secretary Nominee Perdue

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominee Sonny Perdue to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Perdue may now be considered by the full U.S. Senate for confirmation.

Guayule: Past Meets Future

News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) team is putting their own spin on the phrase, "Where the rubber hits the road." Using biotech tools, the team has developed an improved variety of guayule plant as a natural source of tire rubber.

Peterson Statement at Hearing to Review Farm Credit System

News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Agriculture Committee.

Chairman Roberts Announces Committee Vote on USDA Secretary Nominee Gov. Sonny Perdue

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to vote whether to favorably report the nomination of Governor Sonny Perdue to be the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the full Senate.

Senator Roberts to Chicago Council: Utilize all Tools to Support Global Food Security

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today told the Chicago Council on Government Affairs that emergency food assistance, agriculture development, and trade are among many critical tools to improve global food security.

Peterson Statement at Nutrition Subcommittee Hearing on the Future of SNAP

By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017

News Release: “Thank you Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member McGovern for holding today’s hearing. And welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Agriculture Committee. I’m looking forward to hearing your testimony.

Questions and Answers: Moving Baled Hay From Areas Under Quarantine for Imported Fire Ant

Release: Imported ﬁre ants can harm agriculture and injure animals and people with their painful stings and venom. These invasive pests can move to new, non-infested areas by hitchhiking on agricultural commodities, including baled hay. To prevent that from happening, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...

USDA Cites Fresh & Easy LLC in California for Failure to Pay for Produce and Company Satisfies Terms of Consent Decision and Order

News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Dec. 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Fresh & Easy LLC, of Riverside, Calif., for failure to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $201,468 to 23 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

Washington Sweet Cherry Growers to Vote on Marketing Order

News Release: Washington - Washington sweet cherry growers will vote from Apr. 21, 2017 through May 5, 2017, on whether to continue their Federal marketing order. Growers who have produced sweet cherries in designated counties in Washington from Apr. 1, 2016 through Mar. 31, 2017, are eligible to vote.

USDA Cites World Best Tropical LLC in Florida for PACA Violations