Investments will help more than 4.5 million rural Americans Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that USDA is awarding grants for 128 projects to increase access to job training (PDF, 351…
USDA Planning Trade Aid Round Two Distribution
…compensate farmers for losses stemming from Trump’s trade agenda. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he doesn’t expect the payments “any later than December,” according to Politico. USDA previously used about…
Climate-Smart Agriculture Endorsed by CDFA and UC ANR in New Partnership
A new partnership to advance climate-smart agriculture was made official in Sacramento after UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) Vice President Glenda Humiston and California Secretary of Agriculture Karen…
Perdue Talks Possible Trade Aid Adjustments
…tariffs. He didn’t say when the announcement of another round of payments would be made. USDA officials had previously said it would be happening in December. The secretary said last…
No USDA Trade Aid Planned For 2019
…even if the trade war with China keeps going. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue made that announcement last week. Back in July, the administration announced it would deliver $12 billion in…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted increased milk production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for October. Milk production forecasts for 2018 and 2019 have been…
Federal Agencies Combine Resources for Food Waste Initiative
A new joint agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative was recently signed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the…
USDA Announces 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…and future challenges to agriculture.” Speakers at the 2019 forum will include U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other senior USDA officials; guest speakers from the agricultural sector; and plenary…
Canada, Mexico, Want Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Lifted
…“as soon as possible.” Mexico’s top negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement, now the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, says Mexico should not sign the agreement until the tariffs have been…
Perdue Promises Five Percent Budget Cut as part of Trump Plan
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will help President Donald Trump reach his goal of reducing agency budgets by five percent next year. Perdue has promised to cut his budget five percent,…
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received 136 expressions of interest from parties in 35 states interested in becoming the new…
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
…agricultural products that can carry foreign pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and forests. “African Swine Fever is a devastating, deadly disease affecting all kinds of pigs, both domestic…
Farm Bill a Topic on the Campaign Trail
…proposal in place to tighten work requirements on able-bodied adults under review at the Office of Management and Budget. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue doesn’t want to get ahead of Congress…
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that U.S. cotton is free — after more than 100 years — of the devastating pink bollworm. This pest has cost U.S. producers…