U.S. Department of Agriculture
Recent News About U.S. Department of Agriculture
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U.S. Department of Agriculture officials Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Zach Ducheneaux were among witnesses testifying Sept. 29 during the 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII – Department Operations and Outreach hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture offers aid to farmers, ranchers and residents in Puerto Rico following the recent Hurricane Fiona.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a cooperative agreement with a Pacific Northwest Tribal government to promote economic opportunities.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a plan to invest $178 million in projects that support U.S. government priorities.
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The Biden administration issued the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Sept. 27.
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Wyoming will receive more than $325,000 to increase the purchase of local food for school meal programs thanks to a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service is awarding six U.S. universities, including three minority-serving institutions, with $300,000 for research and educational partnerships focused on climate-smart agriculture in tropical countries.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding food banks and school lunch programs about $2 billion more in financing so they can buy foods grown in the U.S.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting loan and grant applications for a $1 billion program to increase high-speed internet in rural areas.
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A soil disturbance has reportedly reduced the resilience of rangelands to climate change.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture signed a cooperative agreement with Minnesota to increase the purchase of nutritious, local food for school meal programs.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced funding of up to $550 million for initiatives that help underprivileged farmers gain access to land, money and markets as well as programs that educate the upcoming, diverse generation of agricultural professionals.
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack shared a public statement regarding the 2022 Public Charge Final Rule.
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The U.S. Department off Agriculture announced the soon-to-be released option for American farmers and ranchers to participate in "the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory."
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Then U.S. Department of Agriculture approved $75 million in funding to ensure residents of Greenbrier County, W.V., have clean drinking water for years to come.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Tribal Relations updated is resource guides for American Indians and Alaska Natives and native youth.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that the comment period for the proposed changes of the Apple Crop Provision has been extended to April 15.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a packers and stockyards complaint against a Texas partnership.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service will receive $2 billion to help people living in rural communities gain access to high-speed internet.
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In an effort to guard against the transmission of potato wart disease from Prince Edward Island into the United States, Canada has suspended the transport of potatoes from the province.