Us Department of Agriculture
Recent News About Us Department of Agriculture
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently launched a pilot Cattle Contracts Library on the Agricultural Marketing Service website to increase market transparency for cattle producers.
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The U.S. Forest Service is accepting applications for $41 million in grants to support innovation and markets for wood products and renewable wood energy.
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued a statement Jan. 26 announcing the departure of deputy agriculture secretary Jewel Bronaugh from the department.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that 20 nationally recognized scientists have been chosen to serve on the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
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The USDA recently announced the 30 students who will attend the 2023 Agricultural Outlook Forum as the winners of the USDA Future Leaders in Agriculture program.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has praised President Biden's nomination of Margo Schlanger as the department's assistant secretary for civil rights, according to a news release.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has praised the nomination of Stacy Dean to serve as undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.
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A new organization that has a goal of exposing governmental activities has criticized Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for what it calls his lack of involvement in a task force on supply chain disruptions.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently confirmed additional assistance for dairy farmers.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack commented on the new under secretary for food safety.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding the public – agriculture producers in particular – that they can report acreage for perennial crops once without being required to report it in subsequent years.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service signed a cooperative agreement with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe through the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service signed a cooperative agreement with Hawaii for more than $600,000 to increase the purchase of nutritious local foods for school meals.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced Delaware is one of 14 states to participate in a demonstration project to review the use of Medicaid eligibility data to qualify students from low-income families to receive free and reduced lunches.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Urban League recently signed a memorandum of understanding to reaffirm their relationship.
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Public school children in West Virginia will have more local foods and beverages in their meal programs thanks to an agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state.
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The National Resources Conversation Service's Conservation Implementation Strategy Project Resilient Forests is preparing for implementation in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
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The deadline is Feb. 10 for funding this year through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payment to expand conservation activities.
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The Maryland State Department of Education will increase its purchase of local foods for school meal programs with the help of more than $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
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The application period is open for the second of two rounds of grants through The Emergency Food Assistance Program that supplements the diets of low-income Americans.