News and reports from the Department of Agriculture.

The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack and Administrator Samantha Power on Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia, Ranking Member Glenn "GT" Thompson of Pennsylvania, and 36 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested that resources available in the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT), be used to help address ongoing humanitarian food crises.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the Committee voted to advance the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham each to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. They may now be considered by the entire U.S. Senate.

News Release: WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States and Japan have reached an agreement to increase the beef safeguard trigger level under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. The new three-trigger...

Release: Private exporters reported sales of 318,200 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service study shows that, in rangelands of the western United States, calving in late winter instead of spring maximizes calf weight gain by supplying high-quality forage when it’s most needed, the USDA reported March 22.

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

House Agriculture Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Role of USDA Programs in Addressing Climate Change"

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from sorghum associations and farm organizations interested in nominating sorghum producers to the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders or first handler organizations interested in nominating members to the American Lamb Board.

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled, “Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy".

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently made a visit to Columbia University in observance of National Nutrition Month, where he unveiled a report summarizing the USDA's Actions on Nutrition Security.