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Release: Private exporters reported sales of 22,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
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USDA Invests $20.2 Million in Grants for Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of $20.2 million in the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. DBI awarded $18.4 million to three current Initiatives at University of Tennessee, Vermont Agency for Food and Marketing and University of Wisconsin, and $1.8 million to the California State University Fresno.
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USDA Issues a Default Decision Against Dwaine A. Miller for Violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Dwaine A. Miller (Miller) of Millersburg, Ohio, on Aug. 31, 2021, for violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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USDA Reaches a Consent Decision Against Tommy Baxley, d.b.a. Tri State Cattle Marketing
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Tommy Baxley, doing business as Tri State Cattle Marketing (Baxley) of Alabama, on Oct. 18, 2021, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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USDA Begins Accepting Applications for New Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is accepting applications for the new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) grant program first announced on Sept. 7, 2021. The program will provide $665 million to fund competitive grant applications to provide relief to farmworkers and meatpacking workers who incurred pandemic-related health and safety costs.
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Agriculture Department publishes rule on Nov. 10
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Chair Jahana Hayes Opening Statement at Hearing on Hunger Among Veterans and Servicemembers: Understanding the Problem and Evaluating Solutions
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Jahana Hayes delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “Hunger Among Veterans and Servicemembers: Understanding the Problem and Evaluating Solutions".
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USDA Reaches a Consent Decision Against Merlin L. Garver Inc. and Merlin Jan Garver
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Merlin L. Garver Inc. of Wooster, Ohio, and Merlin Jan Garver of Ohio, on Oct. 14, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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“CONFIRMATION OF ADRIENNE WOJCIECHOWSKI” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Nov. 4
“CONFIRMATION OF ADRIENNE WOJCIECHOWSKI“ was published in the Senate section on page S7784 on Nov. 4
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USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case against O’Neill Livestock Inc.
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with O’Neill Livestock Inc. (O’Neill) of Neoga, Ill., on Sept. 16, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, O’Neill waived its rights to a hearing and was fined a civil penalty of $1,250.
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Agriculture Department invests $11 million in partnerships for wetland restoration, assistance to farmers, ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a $11 million investment in multiple partnerships to restore wetlands and provide support to historically underprivileged areas, according to a USDA news release.
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Federal grant to fund research into healthy eating in Hawaii
A program in Hawaii that has decreased obesity has been awarded a $10 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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USDSA to offer $1.15 billion in loans, grants for rural broadband
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin accepting applications that will help companies expand broadband Internet in rural areas beginning Nov. 24, a department news release said.
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USDA Lifts PACA Reparation Sanctions on New York Produce Business
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that OM Vegetable Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $17,518 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
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USDA Designates Tippecanoe County, Indiana, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
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USDA a Consent Decision Against Jeffery L. Gorr, Sr.
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Jeffery L. Gorr, Sr. (Gorr) of Monroe, Mich., on June 21, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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House Agriculture Committee Leadership Release Resolution Congratulating National Grain and Feed Association on 125th Anniversary
News Release: (WASHINGTON) -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Ranking Member Glenn 'GT' Thompson, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Chair Cheri Bustos, and General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Austin Scott issued the following statement...
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USDA Reaches a Consent Decision Against Martin D. Yoder Livestock Ltd.
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision against Martin D. Yoder Livestock Ltd. (Yoder Livestock) of Kidron, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
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Notice published by Agriculture Department on Nov. 9
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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