News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Scientists have long understood that having more oysters in the water means cleaner water.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Between January 6 and February 1, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) expanded two areas under quarantine in Cameron County, removed the Bayview area quarantine in Cameron County, and added a new quarantine area in Palmview in Hidalgo County, Texas.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2022 crop year have until March 15, 2022, to sign a contract.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
As soon as the COVID-19 vaccine became available, coordinating access for millions of people centered around setting up convenient and accessible vaccination centers.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
As a part of the COVID-19 response, first responders are turning to FirstNet-enabled devices to make emergency communications efficient and effective during this critical time.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Director Christopher Wray has named Suzanne Turner as the assistant director of the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to improve telecommunications systems in the developed areas of Yellowstone National Park
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
NIFA recently invested $7.8 million from FY21 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program (AFRI) funds for 17 Novel Foods and Innovative Manufacturing Technologies grants.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
This Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program priority area, Rural and Economic Development, focuses mainly on entrepreneurs, small businesses, and other local level employers and services who are important sources of employment, and/or on other issues “beyond the farm gate.”
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
NIFA recently awarded nine Nanotechnology for Agriculture and Food Systems grants totaling $5.4 million to support nanotechnology-enabled solutions that improve agricultural and food production, food and nutrition security, sustainability, food safety, high value-added products, and agricultural water.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Today, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey in its National Hemp Report.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) wants recipients of the National Agricultural Classification Survey (NACS) to know that there is still time to respond.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
The U.S. dairy sector has undergone substantial structural change characterized by a shift to larger and fewer dairy operations, concentrated in relatively few States.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received a call the afternoon of February 13, about a skier involved in a fall in the Apocalypse Couloir in Death Canyon.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
This report discusses the contribution of farm labor in U.S. agricultural growth and assesses the changing composition of the U.S. farm labor force with special attention to the changes in educational attainment among farm operators and other workers.
By Press release submission | Feb 16, 2022
Director Christopher Wray has named Raymond P. Duda as the assistant director of the International Operations Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington. Mr. Duda most recently served at the assistant-director level at another agency in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Sweet sorghum is best known for the amber-colored syrup that's made from its juices.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the members of the newly established Equity Commission and its Subcommittee on Agriculture.
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
A Greenville man was sentenced on Friday to 9 years and 2 months in prison for selling illegal narcotics and for possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense
By Press release submission | Feb 15, 2022
Yesterday, JATARVIS MANDEZ PRATT, 26, of Lawton, was sentenced to serve 72 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
