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Helping Reduce Methane Emissions by Solving a Sticky Problem for U.S. Produce Exporters
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
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House Republican Proposals Hurt Rural Communities
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 26, 2023 - Congressional Republicans are holding the nation’s full faith and credit hostage in an effort to impose devastating cuts that would hurt rural communities, raise costs for hardworking families, and set back economic growth. And they demand these cuts while separately advancing proposals to add over $3 trillion to deficits through tax cuts and giveaways skewed to the wealthy and big corporations.
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USDA’s CLEAR30 Offers Producers with Expiring Voluntary Conservation Contracts Rental Incentives and Longer Term Options
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers and landowners with certain expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts can receive additional rental incentives and extend that land’s role in conservation for another 30 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has opened the signup period for its...
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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Missouri
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Missouri for more than $1.2 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
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Cancellation of Export Sales to China
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
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Opening Statement: “Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill”
Release: "The hearing of the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit subcommittee will come to order. Over the course of today, Members of the subcommittee will hear testimony from producer leaders of 10 national commodity organizations. These witnesses represent a broad segment of American agriculture and know first-hand the challenges facing farmers and rural America.
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USDA Proposes Declaring Salmonella an Adulterant in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products
Release: WASHINGTON,April 25, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released today a proposed determination to declareSalmonellaan adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products when they exceed a very low level ofSalmonellacontamination.This announcement is a significant first step that builds on FSISproposed regulatory framework to reduce Salmonella infections linked to poultry products, released in October 2022.
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USDA Proposes Declaring Salmonella an Adulterant in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released today a proposed determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products when they exceed a very low level of Salmonella contamination. This announcement is a significant first step that builds on FSIS’ proposed regulatory framework to reduce Salmonella infections linked to poultry products, released in October 2022.
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Senators Stabenow, Boozman, Smith, Hyde-Smith Announce Subcommittee Hearings on Commodity Programs, Credit, and Crop Insurance
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade will hold two hearings titled “Commodity Programs, ...
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USDA Announces 2023 Cotton Loan Rate Differentials
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2023 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton which are applied to the crop loan rate to determine the per bale actual loan rate.
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School Breakfast: A Jump Start to a Great Day
Release: By Tony Craddock, Jr., Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service.
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USDA Announces Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Signup for 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starting today and running through May 26, 2023. Among CRP enrollment opportunities, Grassland CRP is a unique...
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Keeping Corn from Frequenting the Phosphorus Buffet Line
News Release: When it comes to food, plants can "eat" more than they need-just like the diner who can't resist another stop at the buffet line despite already feeling full. Indeed, with respect to phosphorus, corn plants will keep taking up the nutrient 25 to 80 percent beyond what's needed to reach their full grain yield, scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in West Lafayette, Indiana, have found.
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Ways to Get Involved with the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Release: By HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
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USDA Announces New National Institute of Food and Agriculture Director
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 24, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of Manjit K. Misra as the new Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The NIFA Director leads the agency’s work in advancing agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. Dr. Misra will start his new role on Monday, May 8, 2023.
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Cancelation of Export Sales to China
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Arkansas Disaster Areas
Release: WASHINGTON, April 24, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Arkansas residents in three counties (Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski), recovering from the impacts of tornadoes and severe storms beginning March 31, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDAs Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
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Sorghum Bran Rises as an Ingredient for Enhancing Gluten-Free Bread
News Release: Sorghum Bran Rises as an Ingredient for Enhancing Gluten-Free Bread.
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Putting the CO in Co-located Services
Release: By Shavana Howard, Senior Advisor, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.
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Ahead of Earth Day, USDA Announces $18.3 Million to Protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin
News Release: Projects Will Build Clean Water Infrastructure and Create Jobs That Will Benefit People Living in Rural Watersheds in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia