USDA Newswire Report News
Granger on the Fiscal Responsibility Act
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
Granger on Resignation of Congressman Chris Stewart
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger released the following statement after Rep. Chris Stewart (UT) announced his planned resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ranking Member Boozman Statement on U.S. Request for Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Biotech Policy
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in support of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for dispute settlement consultations with Mexico over its biotech policy.
Stabenow Statement on Bipartisan Agreement to Protect Economy and Avoid Catastrophic Default
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Senator Debbie Stabenow released the following statement on Senate passage of the bipartisan bill to avoid default:
Senators Stabenow, Boozman, Fetterman, Braun Announce Subcommittee Hearing on the Horticulture Title of the Farm Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.)
Thompson Issues Statement On Fiscal Responsibility Act
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Upon House passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement:
Weekly Export Sales
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
This weekly report is a summary of U.S. export sales activity for barley, beef, cattle hides and skins, cattle wet blues, corn, cotton (by type), cottonseed, cottonseed cake and meal, cottonseed oil, flaxseed, grain sorghum, linseed oil, oats, pork, rice, rye, soybeans, soybean cake and meal, soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, wheat (by class), and wheat products.
India: Stomping Out the Bugs - The FSSAI Operationalizes Pesticide MRLs for use in India's Tea Plantations
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
On April 27, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified on its website the Direction SS-T007/1/2023-Standard-FSSAI.
Kazakhstan: Oilseed Industry Anticipates Increases to Planting Acreage and Exports to China
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
During a national oilseeds conference, industry representatives noted that domestic oilseed production increased from 2.5 million hectares in 2020 to 3.4. million hectares in 2022, and they further expect production to reach 5 million hectares by 2027.
China: Draft National Food Safety Standard of Protein Determination Issued for Domestic Comments
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
On May 10, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Standards Monitoring and Evaluation Department of the National Health Commission (NHC) published an announcement soliciting domestic public comments on several draft national food safety standards.
China: Five National Food Safety Standards Issued for Domestic Comments
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
On May 10, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Standards Monitoring and Evaluation Department of the National Health Commission (NHC)
China: Dairy and Products Semi-annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
Improved production efficiency and a larger cattle inventory are expected to increase China’s raw milk production by four percent, to over 42 million metric tons (MMT), in 2023.
Vietnam: Coffee Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
Post revised its Vietnam marketing year 2022/2023 (MY 2022/23) coffee production estimate down to 29.750 million bags, green bean equivalent (GBE), based on lower yields, high production costs, and a drop in cultivation area.
El Salvador: Coffee Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
El Salvador's coffee production is expected to reach 650,000 sixty-kg bags in marketing year (MY) 2022/23.
Mexico: Corrected Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
The version of this report issued on May 9, 2023, with the title “Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture,
Tanzania: Coffee Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
Tanzania: Coffee Annual MY 2023/24 coffee production is forecast to increase 21 percent to 1.35 million bags due to a recovery from drought conditions and trees entering the most productive period of their three-year yield cycle. Post estimates MY 2023/24 exports will increase 13 percent to 1.27 million bags due to higher exportable supplies.
Bangladesh Removes Fumigation On-Arrival Requirement for US Cotton
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
On May 17, 2023 the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture published a special regulatory order amending the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018, thereby allowing the importation of U.S. cotton into Bangladesh without fumigation on-arrival.
USDA Under Secretary Taylor to Lead Agri-Trade Mission to Japan
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead the upcoming agricultural trade mission to Japan, June 5-8.
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Derek W. Crites, dba DC Farms
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Derek W. Crites (Crites), doing business as DC Farms, Moorefield, W. Va., on April 16, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Crites waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,220.
USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Mark Colgan
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mark Colgan (Colgan) of Laura, Ill., on May 13, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.