News and reports from the Department of Agriculture.

USDA Announces June 2022 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of more than $5 million to mitigate antimicrobial resistance across the food chain.

FY 2022 Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants Program grant opened on June 3.

In the mid-1990s, thousands of cattle in the United Kingdom (UK) were affected by an outbreak of a fatal neurological disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as “mad cow disease.”

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced today a $20 million cooperative agreement opportunity for an academic or nonprofit organization to improve participation and retention in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, commonly known as WIC.

Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service has approved the use of certain LED lights for use in the U.S. Official Grain Inspection and Weighing System beginning May 26, 2022.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced the committee will hold a field hearing in Arkansas to gain input from Natural State agricultural producers as the process of writing the 2023 Farm Bill begins.

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for June 2022, which are effective June 1, 2022. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.

There is one release scheduled to be published on June 3.

News Release: Washington - The Biden-Harris Administration today released the Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group’s (IWG) Summary Report outlining the actions taken to date to improve drought-stricken communities' longer-term resilience to drought through financial and technical assistance. Last month marked...

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, today signed a new agreement with Japans Ambassador to the United States Koji Tomita to revise the beef safeguard mechanism under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (USJTA). This updated agreement will amend the beef safeguard trigger...

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky announced a digital placemaking toolkit for rural communities to help people in those communities thrive.