USDA Newswire Report News
General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan Meeting
By USDA Newswire Report | May 31, 2023
The General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) will be holding a public meeting on Thursday, June 29, 2023, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sonesta Downtown Columbus Hotel, 33 East Nationwide Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215.
APHIS Announces Finding of No Significant Impact to Control Old World bollworm in Northern Illinois
By USDA Newswire Report | May 31, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision for the final Environmental Assessment (EA) to control Old World bollworm in northern Illinois.
USDA Extends Application Deadline for Revenue Loss Programs to July 14
By USDA Newswire Report | May 31, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) to July 14, 2023, to give producers more time to apply for assistance.
Clean Up to Green Up
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the renewal of the USDA People’s Garden Initiative, NRCS New York employees and other partners collaborated in a spring clean-up in the Bronx on May 5th at Taqwa Community Farm and the Garden of Happiness.
Appropriations Markups Postponed
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) released the following statement on postponing markups scheduled for the week of May 22, 2023.
Committee Releases FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
Committee Releases FY24 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Homeland Security Subcommittee.
Granger, Carter, Bost: As Promised, House Republicans Fully Fund VA
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Chairman John Carter, and Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Committee Releases FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and FY24 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bills for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and Legislative Branch Subcommittees.
Senate Agriculture Committee Advances Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 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.), ranking member, today announced that the committee advanced Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico to be deputy secretary of agriculture to the full Senate for consideration.
Thompson Issues Statement On Wotus Ruling
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Following the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Michael and Chantell Sackett in the Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency case, Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement:
For The Purpose Of Receiving Testimony From The U.s. Department Of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service And Farm Service Agency"
By USDA Newswire Report | May 28, 2023
Rep. Jim Baird (IN-04), Chairman of the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing entitled,
Mexico: Corrected Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Errata: The version of this report issued on May 9, 2023, with the title “Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture
Bangladesh Removes Fumigation On-Arrival Requirement for US Cotton
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 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.
Tanzania: Coffee Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
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
European Union: Dairy and Products Semi-annual
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
EU environmental restrictions and elevated input costs are depressing milk production in 27 European Union Member States (EU27).
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Wonton - Volume 3 Issue 10
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Bite size local news, Post reports and activity summaries wrapped by ATO Hong Kong. In this issue: USA Pavilion Dazzles at HOFEX 2023;
South Africa: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Semi-annual
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The production of apples, pears and table grapes is estimated to decrease slightly in the 2022/23 Marketing Year (MY), based largely on stagnated production area and a return to normal yields following record production for all three commodities.
Poland: Poland Waives Certain Biosecurity Requirements for Backyard Pig Farms
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
On May 10, 2023, a regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development entered into force, reducing biosecurity requirements for raising pigs kept for the production of meat for own use.
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Announces Second Stage of 2023 Meat and Poultry Tariff Rate Quotas
By USDA Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
On April 13, 2023, the Ministry of Trade and Integration announced the second stage of 2023 meat and poultry quotas by HS code for historic suppliers (i.e., importers).