News and reports from the Department of Agriculture.

There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service in December 2021.

There were 10 press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Agriculture in December 2021.

There were four press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in December 2021.

Release: By Cindy Long. Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. Supporting families is the foundation of our mission here at USDA. So, before we close 2021, I’d like to look back at one of our programs that continues to do just that: the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children...

The awarded funding adds to the more than $12.4 million that has been provided to 13 partners in 11 states since 2016.

NIFA recently awarded 10 grants(link is external) for Pollinator Health research to sustain healthy populations of pollinators, which are crucial to the nation’s food security and environmental health.

NIFA recently invested $7.5 million in 15 grants(link is external) for pests and beneficial species research to help develop improved strategies for promoting beneficial insects and microbes that have the potential to combat pests of agricultural crops.

As of Dec. 1, there were 74.2 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 4% from December 2020 and down 1% from Sept. 1, 2021, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Private exporters reported sales of 269,240 metric tons of corn received during the reporting period for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $500,000 to Texas A&M University’s Norman Borlaug Institute to establish and teach school-based programs in Guatemala through the International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program (IAEFP), administered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing today that the Biden-Harris Administration is providing up to $1.5 billion to states and school districts to help school meal program operators deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic.

Irrigated agriculture is a critically important component of the U.S. farm economy.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Ayar Produce NY Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Ringer & Son Brokerage Co. Inc. (Ringer), Brighton, Colo., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).