News and reports from the Department of Agriculture.

News Release: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 - 12:00 PM ET.

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce this morning shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products to the world totaled $177 billion, topping the 2020 total by 18 percent and eclipsing the previous record, set in 2014, by 14.6 percent.

Resident Instruction Grants for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas grant opened on Feb. 8.

FY22 Conservation Innovation Grants Vermont State Program grant opened on Feb. 8.

Rural Community Development Initiative grant opened on Feb. 8.

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chair Cheri Bustos delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “A Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie.".

Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.

While millions watch NFL players battle it out in the Super Bowl, the real MVPs on Sunday will be chicken wings—more than 1 billion will be consumed before, during and after the game! Whether you bake, roast, fry or order in your chicken wings, don’t forget the four food safety steps that night.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the resumption of tablestock potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, into Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 372 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation; to safeguard the nursery production system; and to respond to plant pest emergencies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $3 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.