News and reports from the Department of Agriculture.

The US Agriculture Department published a five page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement.

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $22.9 million in awards to support dairy businesses and producers under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBI) grant program. The funds are being awarded noncompetitively to the four current DBI Initiatives at the California State University Fresno, the University of Tennessee, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, and the University of Wisconsin.

News Release: Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2022 – USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service today launched a new and innovative initiative for healthier school meals through a $50 million grant opportunity that will support collaboration with the food industry to develop nutritious, appetizing school meals for students. This launch follows through on a commitment made in the administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the tribe seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. 2022 - Producers can now take a nationwide survey to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) improve and increase access to its programs and services for America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest managers. The survey includes new and existing customers. USDA encourages all agricultural...

Development and Implementation of Healthy Meals Incentives School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants grant opened on Nov. 10.

The chair and the director of the China Policy Initiative of a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute are calling for a ban on the Chinese Communist Party’s ownership of agricultural land in the United States.

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began mailing ballots this week for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county and urban county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative...

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe seek to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.

Release: Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2022 USDAs Food and Nutrition Service today launched a new and innovative initiative for healthier school meals through a $50 million grant opportunity that will support collaboration with the food industry to develop nutritious, appetizing school meals for students. This launch follows through on a commitment made in the administrations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians signed a cooperative agreement under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.