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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 Designates Bennett County, South Dakota, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Proposes Science Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC | What Theyre Saying

Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2022 This month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDAs Food and Nutrition Service is proposing changes to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. These science-based revisions incorporate recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025.
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USDA Designates Cottonwood County, Minnesota, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Designates Two Tennessee Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Designates Webster County, Iowa, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Designates 14 Kentucky Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Designates Leavenworth County, Kansas, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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 Designates Seven Missouri Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

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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Agriculture Department discusses Butte County Resource Advisory Committee on Nov. 28

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Secretary Vilsack Statement on Trip to Mexico, Meetings with President López Obrador and Cabinet Officials

News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement after his meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the U.S.- Mexico bilateral trade relationship and its importance for U.S. farmers, ranchers and producers:
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Senators Stabenow, Boozman Announce Hearing on Lessons Learned From the FTX Collapse, and the Need for Congressional Action

Senators Stabenow, Boozman Announce Hearing on Lessons Learned From the FTX Collapse, and the Need for Congressional Action
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Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Conclude Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation Trip to Cuba

Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Conclude Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation Trip to Cuba
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Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Lead Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation to Cuba

Reps. Carbajal, Baird, Hayes Lead Bipartisan Agriculture Committee Delegation to Cuba
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Chairman David Scott Statement on Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer

Chairman David Scott Statement on Speaker Pelosi and Leader Hoyer
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Chairman David Scott Announces Staff Promotions

Chairman David Scott Announces Staff Promotions
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USDA Provides Nearly $24M Boost for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

USDA Provides Nearly $24M Boost for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
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USDA seeks nominations for the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics

USDA seeks nominations for the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics
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USDA invites ag producers to respond online to the 2022 Census of Agriculture

USDA invites ag producers to respond online to the 2022 Census of Agriculture
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Rhetoric vs. Reality - The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act

Rhetoric vs. Reality - The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act
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