News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The Government of Jordan has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and white marrow (Cucurbita pepo) for consumption into the United States.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The Government of Chile has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) into the United States and Territories.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) invites manufacturers of automated imaging instrumentation to partner in cooperative research and development resulting in technology to determine broken kernels, whole kernels, and milling yield, in percentage by mass, in short, medium and long-grain milled rice.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is terminating the marketing order regulating the handling of potatoes grown in Washington state.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of five individuals to serve on the National Honey Board.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the release of a Cost of Processing Study for Cheese, Whey, Butter and Nonfat Dry Milk Plants.
By Kaleb Brown | Feb 17, 2022
Mounds resident Kyle Sago has been sentenced to life in prison years after fatally shooting his friend at the Muscogee Nation reservation.
By David Hutton | Feb 17, 2022
Human trafficking remains a troubling issue plaguing the nation, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering data highlighting the crackdown in the crime, including 2,360 arrests and $486 million seized in human trafficking and related activities.
By Tamara Browning | Feb 17, 2022
The United States cattle inventory was down 2% from January 2021, a report released on Jan. 31 said.
By Timothy Stuckey | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. State Department recently said it is currently offering up to $5 million for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of Maximiliano Dávila Perez, a Bolivian citizen charged with smuggling cocaine into the U.S. through third world countries.
By Timothy Stuckey | Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh recently issued a statement detailing the January 2022 employment report in a press release, which showcased job growth in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 17, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Feb. 4 released 2021 laser strike numbers showing a 41% increase from the previous year.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 17, 2022
On Feb. 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it has invested $1.4 billion to strengthen businesses in rural areas across the nation.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 17, 2022
New Mexico and the Navajo Nation will receive $4 million of almost $725 million in recently announced federal abandoned mine land reclamation funds, an Albuquerque-area news outlet reported earlier this week
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Chrysler (Stellantis) recommends that owners of select Model Year 2017-2018 Pacifica plug-in hybrid electric vehicles park their vehicles outdoors and away from other vehicles or structures due to a risk of fire, even if the vehicle is turned off. Owners should also not charge their vehicles.
By David Beasley | Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo thanked Intel for investing in the U.S. at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new semiconductor factory in Newark, Ohio, last month. a
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Defendant disguised fentanyl pills as oxycodone pills and concealed them in a baby diaper.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Ammunition by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on February 9, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
