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The World Trade Organization determined that when China imposed tariffs on U.S. goods after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on certain Chinese imports, China was violating its trade agreements.
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USFS Chief Randy Moore: 'We are helping underserved and small-acreage landowners to access new economic opportunities to ensure working forests'
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is directing $150 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act toward underserved and small-acreage forest landowners to support forest management and promote enduring health and resilience across privately owned lands, the agency announced in an Aug. 22 press release.
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Vilsack: “The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program is a critical piece of USDA and the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced that $72.9 million has been awarded to 55 states and territories through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). This grant program aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops by supporting growers through marketing, education, and research efforts, and the funding is being allocated to various departments of agriculture in states, territories, and other areas to boost specialty crop industries and production.
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Jacobs-Young: “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to investing, growing and supporting small businesses.”
On August 23, 2023 the USDA announced an investment of over $12.5 million in small businesses engaged in important agricultural research across the U.S.
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Duvall: 'Mexico’s ban on bioengineered corn is not only a clear violation of USMCA, it also ignores science'
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has requested a dispute settlement panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in response to Mexico banning the use of biotech corn in dough and tortillas.
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US Department of Agriculture announces financial aid for Farm Loan Programs borrowers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced novel financial aid to financially distressed Farm Loan Programs borrowers.
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Vilsack: 'Mexico’s approach to biotechnology is not based on science'
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the United States requested the establishment of a dispute settlement panel with Mexico due to Mexico's non-scientific approach to agricultural biotechnology policies.
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Vilsack: 'The time is now, and together we can achieve sustainable, equitable and resilient agri-food systems'
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently emphasized the connection between agri-food systems and climate change.
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Torres Small on grants to boost nutrition: 'Students in every community deserve access to healthy and nutritious meals'
Action for Healthy Kids awarded $30 million to school districts across the U.S. to boost school nutrition, according to a press release.
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Sen. Ernst calls China “our nation’s number one pacing threat” after Senate votes to restrict Chinese purchases of US land
On July 25, the Senate voted to prohibit foreign adversaries from making future purchases of American agricultural land, prompting US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to call China the primary threat to the US. Ernst tweeted on July 26 that China continues to buy farmland and encircle US military bases.
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Torres Small: Rural healthcare grants 'are helping strengthen rural America’s health care infrastructure to build for the future'
More than five million people living in rural communities in 39 states and Puerto Rico are receiving better access to quality healthcare, thanks to a sizeable federal grant.
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Gallagher: 'Why is the Chinese Communist Party after our seeds and our agricultural technology?'
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held an "Iowa Roundtable on Chinese Communist Party Agricultural Technology Theft" and of U.S. lands, according to a press advisory. Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher, and members Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ashley Hinson led the discussion with farmers and stakeholders on the issue’s impacts on American farming.
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Vilsack: We are 'addressing the wildfire crisis, mitigating climate change and safeguarding the communities we serve'
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the USDA's Forest Service is accepting applications for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program.
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Vilsack: USDA-WSU collaboration 'opens a new era in a long research partnership and pushes the boundaries of what is possible for agriculture'
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Plant Sciences Building at Washington State University (WSU), a collaboration with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
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Banks: 'Republicans must use the farm bill to undo the Biden administration’s downright evil decision to take away free school lunches'
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) criticized the Biden Administration for removing free school lunches at Church of Compassion Dayspring Learning Center in California because they protested against the USDA’s SOGI Title IX rule. On July 27, Banks told the Federal Newswire that Republicans in the House need to undo this act by using the Farm Bill.
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Torres-Small: USDA investment in HBCUs will 'have ripple effects far beyond the walls of their laboratories and classrooms'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on July 24 announced an investment of more than $33 million to support capacity-building efforts at 1890 Land-grant Universities. The investment will support 82 research, Extension, and education projects across the nation’s 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Peltola on sensitive sites bill: 'It’s critical that we protect our military sites from hostile surveillance or sabotage'
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola has co-sponsored the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act, saying she sees the need to increase security around sensitive U.S. sites such as military bases, such as those in Alaska.
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Vilsack: 'We have to improve the scientific backbone of our programs'
The Biden-Harris administration plans to invest $300 million through President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda to improve climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
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USDA’s Robert Bonnie: 'This competitive grant program has already had tremendous impacts for communities across the country'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7.4 million in 25 urban agriculture and innovative production grants to support community gardens and nonprofit farms.. The selected projects are part of USDA's Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production and represent various states and territories across the United States.
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Vilsack: 'We seek continuous improvement in our climate-smart agriculture and forestry efforts'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced its plan to invest $300 million through President Joe Biden's Investing in America agenda to improve the measurement and monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in agriculture and forestry.
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