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News Release: WASHINGTON, JUNE 28, 2022 – Pull out the grill and your red, white, and blue because the Fourth of July is here. This means gatherings, outdoor festivities, and good times with family and friends. As the meat sizzles on the grill, don’t let food safety fizzle out of your memory.
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Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites discussed on June 28 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request discussed on June 28 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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USDA Settles Packers and Stockyards Case Against Halal Packing Inc.

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Halal Packing Inc. (Halal Packing), Newton, N.J., on May 25, 2022, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022.
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APHIS Establishes Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantines in Hargill and Lyford, Willacy County, Texas, and Expands the Quarantine Area in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, Texas

APHIS Establishes Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantines in Hargill and Lyford, Willacy County, Texas, and Expands the Quarantine Area in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, Texas
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Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites on June 28

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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USDA-FAS grant application closes on Aug. 15

FY 2022 FFPr Standing NOFO grant opened on June 29.
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Pine Ridge Food Sovereignty Efforts Expand Tribal Nutrition Security

Release: (left to right) Thunder Valley Executive Director Tatewin Means, FNS Mountain Plains Regional Administrator Cheryl Kennedy, FNS Administrator Cindy Long and Thunder Valley Deputy Director Lynn Cuny display fresh eggs from the Thunder Valley chicken coop.
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USDA Announces West Virginia Signs Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with West Virginia under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). The agreement will provide funding to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA), which will enable the agency to purchase locally grown food from historically underserved producers.
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Vilsack Announces Bioproduct Pilot Program Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a new pilot program created under President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the development of biobased products that have lower carbon ...
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Smithfield COO on reducing operations in Western U.S.: 'We are grateful to our team members in the Western region for their dedication'

Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods is closing its production facility in Vernon, CA and reducing its sow herds in the Western United States, it said in a news release.
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Recycling Used Beer Yeast for Environmental Protection

News Release: Brewer's yeast used to make beer is typically discarded once it's no longer needed. Sometimes, though, the leftover yeast is mixed into livestock feed as a source of protein and vitamins. Now, there may be even more reason to continue this practice, according to findings by a team of scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Warren Wilson College, (WWC) and Asheville Sustainability Research (ASR), LLC of Ashville, North Carolina.
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National Restaurant Association Show Fires Back Up to Spark Deals and Serve American Cuisine

Release: Written by Zane Evans, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
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President Signs the Keep Kids Fed Act

President Signs the Keep Kids Fed Act
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Agriculture Department discusses Superior National Forest; Minnesota; Rainy River Withdrawal Environmental Assessment on June 28

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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USDA Introduces New Commodities and Features Available on Its Market News App

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that additional commodities and features are now available on the free USDA Market News App, which provides producers and others along the supply chain with instant access to market information about conventional and organic products. The app was designed to make it easy for all producers to navigate and access the information on a mobile phone.
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USDA Announces West Virginia Signs Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement

USDA Announces West Virginia Signs Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement
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Collecting a Library of Bee Genomes

Collecting a Library of Bee Genomes
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Low-Income and Low-Foodstore-Access Census Tracts, 2015–19

Low-Income and Low-Foodstore-Access Census Tracts, 2015–19
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