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Chairman David Scott, Chair Jahana Hayes, and Congressman Jim McGovern Release Statements Following White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
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Concurrence With World Organization for Animal Health's Risk Designation for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy for Ireland discussed on Oct. 6 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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USDA Designates Kent County, Rhode Island, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
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USDA Designates Three New Hampshire Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
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USDA Designates Elk County, Kansas, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Arkansas

USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Arkansas
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Jacobs-Young, Ducheneaux: Farm Bill 'provisions aim to help ensure underserved producers'

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Zach Ducheneaux were among witnesses testifying Sept. 29 during the 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII – Department Operations and Outreach hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.
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FY 2023 Funds Available for Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102)

Release: On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporations (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2023. Further details of the announcement may be found at.
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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Iowa

USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Iowa
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USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Panola Livestock Enterprise Inc., dba Panola Livestock Company Inc. and Randall Lowery

USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Panola Livestock Enterprise Inc., dba Panola Livestock Company Inc. and Randall Lowery
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USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Yakama Nation Tribal Government

USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Yakama Nation Tribal Government
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NIFA Invests $1.8M in Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative

NIFA Invests $1.8M in Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative
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NIFA Invests $10M in Food Safety Outreach

NIFA Invests $10M in Food Safety Outreach
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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Florida Disaster Areas

Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that low-income Florida residents recovering from Hurricane Ian could be eligible for assistance from the USDAs Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
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NIFA-Funded Projects Advance U.S. Animal Welfare

NIFA-Funded Projects Advance U.S. Animal Welfare
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USDA and HACU Partner to Create Immersive Agricultural Trade Learning Experience

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2022 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel B. Whitley and Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities President and Chief Executive Officer Antonio R. Flores announce a cooperative partnership to provide students from minority-serving institutions an opportunity to solve simulated world trade problems in the new Agricultural Export Market Challenge.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Andy Berke as Rural Utilities Service Administrator

News Release: WASHINGTON, October 6, 2022 — Andy Berke was appointed today by President Biden to serve as Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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New notice from Agriculture Department to be published on Oct. 11

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
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USDA Nutrition Programs Work to Reduce Hunger and Improve Healthy Food Access

USDA Nutrition Programs Work to Reduce Hunger and Improve Healthy Food Access
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What releases are upcoming from the Partnerships and Public Engagement Office on Oct. 11

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.
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