News from May 2022
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a notice in the Federal Register proposing revisions to regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Dried Fruit for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on a produce business for failing to pay a reparation award issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases pose very real threats to human health. A 2021 estimate suggested that more than 470,000 people in the United States are diagnosed annually for Lyme disease alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides critical funding to Land-grant Institutions as they work to understand expanding ranges of ticks, to better manage tick populations, to minimize human exposure to ticks, and to reduce tick-borne infections.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Two NIFA-funded projects by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists aim to protect the U.S. cattle industry from the emerging and significant threat of pesticide-resistant cattle fever ticks.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides conservation planning and field-level assessments of conservation strategies
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announced today that it will interpret the prohibition on discrimination based on sex found in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a final environmental assessment (EA)
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial, backyard flock (non-poultry) in Caledonia County, Vermont.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for May 2022, which are effective May 2, 2022
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Well, good afternoon, everyone.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today, United States Ambassador to Colombia, Philip S. Goldberg, Colombian Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez, Colombian Minister of Labor Ángel Custodio Cabrera Báez, Colombian Minister of the Interior Daniel Palacios Martínez, and General Director of the Family Welfare Institute of Colombia Lina María Arbeláez Arbeláez,
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, attended a senior-level international partners meeting on Haiti on April 21.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The United States and Panama have signed a Bilateral Arrangement on Migration and Protection detailing our collaborative commitments to improve migration management, expand stabilization efforts
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Pakistan has been an important partner on wide-ranging mutual interests for nearly 75 years and we value our relationship.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council President Dr. Rashad al-Alimi.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
At the end of a three-week trip to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar by U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, we have seen U.S. diplomatic efforts yield tangible results that improve the lives of Yemenis and advance peace.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
The United States established diplomatic relations with the Independent State of Samoa (then called Western Samoa) in 1971 following its independence from a New Zealand-administered trusteeship in 1962.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary Chris Seed to continue our close coordination in holding the Russian government to account for its unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine, as well as ongoing efforts to provide support to Ukraine.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Today we released the first-ever public report on the U.S. government’s implementation of the 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons (LGBTQI+) Around the World.
