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Recent News About Usda
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The Biden Administration is providing $1.5 billion in funding to states and schools through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help meal program operators push through COVID-19 related supply chain shortages while providing students with nutritious food.
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President Joe Biden intends to appoint nine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including four Farm Service Agency (FSA) and five Rural Development (RD) state directors.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Safety and Inspective Service (FSIS) is currently accepting nominations for members of the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) with the USDA appointing committee members next year.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is working to preserve the production of cranberries in response to growing concerns for the fruit’s future with the looming threat of climate change.
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The deadline for organic agricultural producers to file for 2020 and 2021 pandemic assistance has recently been extended to Feb. 4 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to stakeholders’ requests for additional time to complete the application.
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The use of soybean oil in jet biofuel may be significantly improved after scientists with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois recently developed a procedure for improving soy’s interaction with petroleum.
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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.