Usda Department of Agriculture
Recent News About Usda Department of Agriculture
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced this week that they had confirmed a case of COVID-19 in a Canada lynx at a Pennsylvania Zoo.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (UDSA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be mailing a questionairre this month to 75,000 agricultural producers nationwide as part of the 2021 Farm Producer Study.
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The 2021 Excellence in Extension and National Extension Diversity awards were recently given to cooperative extensions that exemplify “visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) press release said.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently used $100 million under the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to provide nearly $1 billion in loan guarantees for private investors in the U.S. food supply.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has recently awarded more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations with fiscal year 2022 funding to help grow commercial export markets.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $400 million through the newly-created Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) to fund emergency food assistance provided by local producers.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently made up to $800 million in economic relief available to biofuel producers in order to restore and improve renewable fuel markets affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The USDA invests $633 million in climate-smart and resilient infrastructure for people in rural communities.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designed a new and simplified insurance policy for agricultural producers with small-scale operations.
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The USDA will begin a National Agricultural Classification Survey this month in preparation for the upcoming 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) recently updated crop insurance to ensure producers who dispose of cover crops before Nov. 1 can still receive a full prevented planting payment.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently proposed amendments to its import regulations for horses to mitigate the risk of transmitting equine disease, increase import flexibility and align regulations with international standards.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will invest over $34 million to support healthy eating and increased food access for low-income families through the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP).
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for up to $1.15 billion in loans and grants to increase access to high-speed internet for residents in rural areas across the country.
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The USDA Forest Service has set the record straight as to just how far the National Christmas Tree traveled to the U.S. Capitol.
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Protections to over nine million acres of inventoried roadless regions on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska will be reestablished, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started to distribute $270 million in pandemic assistance applied for by contract producers of authorized livestock and poultry.
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has recently made changes to regulations on research facilities that use animals in teaching or lab testing to reduce redundant requirements and streamline oversight protocols.
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USDA talks about several new initiatives to serve the Indian Country.
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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recently announced the recipients of this year’s Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences and National Teaching and Student Engagement awards.