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Release: By Monique Feeny, Supervisory Management Services Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.


Deputy Secretary Bronaugh To Lead East Africa Agribusiness Trade Mission

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2022 – Representatives from 32 agribusiness and farm organizations will join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to Nairobi, Kenya, and Zanzibar, Tanzania, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4.



USDA Designates Franklin County, Massachusetts, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee discussed on Oct. 26 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Designates Harvey County, Kansas, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


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

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with California for more than $23 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.


USDA Designates Suffolk County, New York, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Agriculture Department discusses Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee on Oct. 26

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Designates Two Florida Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by  Natural Disasters in Wisconsin

News Release: Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees and harvested or stored crops and hay.


News Release: Genome Sequencing of Moxarella bovis Open Doors for New Interventions Against 'Pinkeye' in Cattle.



Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) gives Federal recognition to the State of Texas Allium leafminer program under the Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) program. This is the first State-managed phytosanitary program to be recognized in Texas.


APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Fresh Pineapple from Taiwan

Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) for consumption from Taiwan into the United States and Territories. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.


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


News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2022 Representatives from 32 agribusiness and farm organizations will join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for an agribusiness trade mission to Nairobi, Kenya, and Zanzibar, Tanzania, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.