…Soil health has taken a central role in global discussions on climate change, wildlife protection, and sustainable farming practices. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently launched a new…
Food Hubs Receive Financial Help
The USDA is allocating funds to promote regional food systems, and food hubs are a main focus. Food Hubs Receive Financial Help Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Anne Alonzo announced three…
USDA Helps Deliver the Latest in Innovative Agricultural Methods to Small, Socially Disadvantaged Agricultural Producers
…Administration’s dedication to the economic stability of rural communities throughout the nation. By providing assistance to small and diverse producers, USDA is expanding healthy food options in small and economically…
Nation’s Ag Co-ops Set Record for Annual Sales and Income
…by almost 33 percent, to $1.2 billion, up from $900 million in 2012. U.S. farm numbers remained about the same in 2013 as in 2012, with USDA counting 2.1 million…
2014 Grant Awards to Support Farmers Markets, Local Food and Organic Production
Alonzo The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo discusses the AMS Fiscal Year 2014 grants for farmers markets and other local food promotion efforts….
USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
…(USDA) grant programs at the Virginia State Fair in Doswell, VA (USDA photo by Lance Cheung) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of over $52 million in support…
USDA Unveils Key New Programs to Help Farmers Manage Risk
…program will mean for them under possible future scenarios. The new tools are now available at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc . USDA provided $3 million to the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute…
USDA Announces up to $31 Million to Empower People to Make Healthy Eating Choices
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is making up to $31.5 million in funding available to help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition…
USDA Announces 2014-Crop Sugar Loan Rates and FY 2015 Sugar Program Provisions
…allotment. USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis. USDA will continue to administer the sugar program as transparently as…
Deadlines Approching for Disaster Programs
Two deadlines are fast approaching for USDA disaster assistance programs. Cotton growers have only days more to sign up for a Farm Bill program that bridges old farm payment programs…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review September 26
…Review, job training youth for a brighter future, helping maintain America’s public lands and breaking ground on a solar farm. For more information go to: www.usda.gov http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/job-corps/ www.flickr.com/usdagov http://www.fs.fed.us/ http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/national-pu……
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Unveils Key New Risk Management Programs
…projections about what each program will mean for them under possible future scenarios. The new tools are now available at www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. USDA provided $3 million to the Food and Agricultural…
Poultry Slaughter Ready-to-Cook Weight Down
…Post-mortem condemnations, at 35.8 million pounds, were 0.95 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 0.88 percent a year earlier. The full USDA Poultry Slaught Report can be read here….
Red Meat Production Down 10 Percent From Last Year
…year, veal was down 12 percent, pork was down 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 1 percent. The full USDA Livestock Slaughter Report, with…