By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Complaint against Wright Livestock Inc. (Wright Livestock) and Rodney J. Wright (Wright) of North Platte, Neb., on Aug. 22, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Arkansas under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Nichols Cattle Co. LLC, (NCC), Nichols Management Co. LLC (NMC), Donald H. Nichols (D. Nichols) and Jane A. Nichols (J. Nichols) of Ariz., on Jan. 4, 2022, for violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
There were five press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in September.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Arkansas for more than $2.2 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Tennessee under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Wisconsin for more than $3.4 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Burbano Corporation, doing business as CasaBella Farms Corp. (Burbano) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to four produce sellers in the amount of $385,084 from March 2020 through September 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Tri-County Livestock Exchange Inc. (Tri-County) and Larry Congleton (Congleton) of Campbellsburg, Ky., on Aug. 18, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation, Tri-County and Congleton waived their rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $1,000.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Yakama Nation Tribal Government under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Yakama Nation seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Mississippi under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Island Fresh De Puerto Rico Inc. (IFPR) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Puerto Rico, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to six produce sellers in the amount of $1,554,566 from August 2019 through July 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Colorado for more than $2.6 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Wyoming for more than $325,000 to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it will purchase up to $50 million in domestically produced rice for distribution to a variety of domestic food assistance programs, including charitable institutions. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has approved the purchase of rice to assist the U.S. rice industry through USDA’s authorities under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Rhode Island for more than $500,000 to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Mae Wu was joined by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Chief Deputy Commissioner David Smith in Durham, N.C., today to announce the...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2022
News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Sept. 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that New York Mart Group Inc. (NYMG), Long Island City, N.Y., failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $896,107 to 23 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
