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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Minnesota

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a $3,458,752.00 cooperative agreement with Minnesota to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs. Minnesota is the first state to enter into a cooperative agreement under the program.

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House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Listening Session in Ohio

News Release: Fremont, OH - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the fifth in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio.

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USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

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

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Export Sales to Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 146,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2022/2023 marketing year.

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USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case against Farmwald Livestock

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Marlin Farmwald (Farmwald), of Sullivan, Ill., on June 29, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Farmwald waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,000.

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USDA Designates Six Missouri 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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Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium; Correction discussed on Aug. 25 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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What releases are upcoming from the Agriculture Department on Aug. 26

There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 26.

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Statement from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Regarding Weekly Export Sales Reporting

News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2022 Today, USDAs Foreign Agricultural Service launched a new Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System. This is the system through which U.S. exporters are required, by law, to report any sales transactions entered into with buyers outside the United States for a number of key commodities. The information collected through the system is aggregated and reported to the public each week by FAS.