By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Fairview Sale Barn Inc. (Fairview) of Fairview, Ill., on July 12, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Fairview waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,750.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on J & J Distributing Company (J & J), Saint Paul, Minn., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released the below statement following today’s announcement of American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act funded programs by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 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 Kentucky under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
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...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 29.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Ayar Produce NY, Inc. (Ayar Produce), Brooklyn, N.Y., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Farm Fresh Packers LLC, Pompano Beach, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
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...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Aug. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mohamed Mesallem and Islamic Meat and Poultry, Inc. (IMP) of Stockton, CA, on June 28, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, IMP waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $975.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has awarded a total of $72.9 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding. The FY 2022 non-competitive awards were made to the departments of agriculture...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a $3,458,752.00 cooperative agreement with Minnesota to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs. Minnesota is the first state to enter into a cooperative agreement under the program.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Fremont, OH - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the fifth in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 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 Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 146,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Marlin Farmwald (Farmwald), of Sullivan, Ill., on June 29, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Farmwald waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,000.
