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USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Nebraska

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


USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Panola Livestock Enterprise Inc., dba Panola Livestock Company Inc. and Randall Lowery

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Panola Livestock Enterprise Inc., doing business as Panola Livestock Company Inc. (Panola) and Randall Lowery (Lowery) of Carthage, Texas, on Sept. 15, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation, Panola and Lowery waived their rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $5,000.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Nacogdoches Livestock Exchange Inc. (Nacogdoches) of Nacogdoches, Texas, on Sept. 15, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Nacogdoches waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $6,625.


USDA Reaches Consent Decision with Westminster Meat Packing Inc. for Packers and Stockyards Act Violations

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) negotiated an administrative Consent Decision and Order with Abdelkader Fedhal a/k/a Abdelkader Fedal a/k/a Ali Fedal (Fedhal) and Westminster Meat Packing Inc. (Westminster) of Westminster, Vt., on Aug. 29, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...


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


USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Michigan

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


USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Georgia

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


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 Northern Mariana Islands under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Northern Mariana Islands seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.


Draft pathway analysis Assessing pathways of introduction for potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum) from Canada into the United States is available for public comments

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) developed a pathway assessment to evaluate the potential introduction of potato wart (causal agent Synchytrium endobioticum) from Canada into the United States. Synchytrium endobioticum is regulated by APHIS as a ...


Export Sales to China, Philippines, and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


USDA Proposes Additional Requirements for Imported Chilean Table Grapes

Release: Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposes to revise the conditions under which table grapes from Chile may be imported into the United States.


September: 14 press releases published by United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry

There were 14 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry in September.


Public press releases: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency publishes 19 in September

There were 19 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in September.


USDA Extends Flexibility that’s Helping Manufacturers, States get Formula to WIC Families

News Release: Department will continue covering costs of alternate formulas


USDA Seeking Public Comment on a New Provision to Provide Assistance to Agricultural Producers Who Have Experienced Discrimination

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on how it should implement Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a provision that aims to provide assistance to the nation’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in ...


There were 25 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service in August.


Release: By Tamieka Muns, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Three press releases published in September by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

There were three press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in September.