…Carolina Agriculture Secretary Hugh Weathers said “if getting new people into farming is seen as that vital, then it has a place in the farm bill,” in regards to helping…
Vilsack Announces Sorghum Board Appointments
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of four members to serve on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board. Members will serve three-year terms. Producers appointed to the board are:…
Studies Continuing on Creating Possible USDA Trade Post
The USDA is still working on studies dealing with possibly creating a new Under Secretary for trade. usda-trade-post…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement: Vilsack “I welcome the announcement from China’s Ministry of Agriculture that it has lifted its ban on U.S. beef following a recently…
Food Products Database
…unrestricted use worldwide. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s chief scientific in-house research agency. The Agency strives to find solutions to agricultural problems affecting Americans every…
Vilsack Announces New Initiatives to Address Rural Opioid Epidemic
…Secretary Vilsack Announces New Local Initiatives to Address the Rural Opioid Epidemic Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new USDA initiatives to strengthen outreach and education resources at the local level…
Funding for 2016 “CalAgPlate” Grant Program
…state-adopted Agricultural Education Programs (Education Code Section 52450-52454), government agencies, and non-profit organizations that administer agricultural education programs. The application deadline is October 21, 2016. For further information and grant…
House Ag Committee Modernizes Packers and Stockyards Act
…electronic fund transfers, as well as gives the Secretary of Agriculture the ability to approve other payment methods in the future as needed. A release from the committee said the…
House Agriculture Committee Advances Three Bills
…the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, would amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to expand the definition of “marketing agency” and update acceptable payment methods to include electronic transfer of…
State Ag Officials Seek OSHA Enforcement Extension
…Policy, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture NASDA Comments on OSHA’s Proposed Revisions to Progress Safety Management and Explosives and Blasting Agents Dear Assistant Secretary Michaels, Occupational Safety and…
U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China
…and medium grain), wheat, and corn in excess of its Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS) commitments under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (Agriculture Agreement). China maintains this support through “market…
USDA Seeks Nominees to the National Dairy Board
…be submitted by Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint 12 dairy producers to serve three-year terms beginning Nov. 1, 2016, and ending Oct. 31, 2019. The…
Conaway Applauds Initiation of Enforcement Action Against China’s Agricultural Subsidies
Conaway House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) joined U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in…
Improving SNAP Employment and Training Programs
Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-2), Chairwoman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, held a hearing to discuss the initiatives states are taking to further improve their SNAP Employment and Training…