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Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Business Meeting to Review Cattle Market Legislation

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REMINDER: House Agriculture Farm Bill Listening Session in Arizona

News Release: WASHINGTON - Tomorrow, the first in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" will be taking place in Coolidge, Arizona. The House Agriculture Committee has conducted a number of hearings in Washington, DC focused on the 2018 Farm Bill and improvements...

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House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Listening Session in Arizona

News Release: Coolidge, AZ- Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the first in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Arizona.

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USDA Announces Next Steps in Biden-Harris Administration Initiative to Increase the Benefits of Federal Investments Going to Underserved Communities

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the next steps in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) efforts to ensure that as part of President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative , Federal investments benefit communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened ...

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Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Supreme Court Ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 - “There is no question that today’s Supreme Court decision will have a devastating impact on the health and autonomy of women in America. Yesterday, the right to privacy was secure, with fifty years of precedent behind it. Today, six Supreme Court Justices took that right away ...

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Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Passage of Keep Kids Fed Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 - "I am pleased to see that Congress has taken action to provide much needed support to help USDA’s child nutrition programs serve nutritious meals to America’s children. Throughout the pandemic, the school nutrition professionals who feed our children faced enormous challenges, ...

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Agriculture Department signs local food assistance cooperative agreement with New Mexico

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service announced June 9 that a cooperative agreement was signed with New Mexico under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA).

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Secretary Vilsack Directs USDA Forest Service to Take Bold Action to Restore Forests, Improve Resilience, and Curb Climate Change

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a memorandum to the USDA Forest Service directing the agency to take bold actions to restore forests, improve resilience, and address the climate crisis. Secretary Vilsack made his announcement in recorded remarks at the inaugural 1t.org US Chapter Summit held to discuss how the coalition can support federal efforts to conserve, restore and grow forests across the country.

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Vilsack: 'This signing reinforces USDA’s commitment to our partners at the 1890s institutions'

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Chair of 1890s Presidents Council Dr. Paul Jones signed a Memorandum of Understanding June 14 to build up the alliance of the 1890s community and the USDA.

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Chair Sean Patrick Maloney Opening Statement at Hearing on the Future of Digital Asset Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Sean Patrick Maloney delivered the following statement at today's hearing “The Future of Digital Asset Regulation."

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USDA-FNS1 grant application closes on Aug. 24

SNAP Data and Technical Assistance Grants grant opened on June 24.

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Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Passage of Keep Kids Fed Act

Release: Washington - "I am pleased to see that Congress has taken action to provide much needed support to help USDAs child nutrition programs serve nutritious meals to Americas children. Throughout the pandemic, the school nutrition professionals who feed our children faced enormous challenges, which persist...

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Stabenow, Boozman, Scott, and Foxx Announce Bipartisan and Bicameral Agreement to Extend School and Summer Meals for Kids

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USDA Forest Service Announces Plans to Open Comments on Rainy River Mineral Withdrawal in Northern Minnesota

News Release: Duluth, Minn., June 23, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management is announcing that they will soon be opening up public comment on an Environmental Assessment requesting to withdraw lands from new mineral leasing for 20 years in the Rainy River watershed. The Rainy River watershed is adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Superior National Forest.