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USDA Announces Upcoming Changes to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Wheat Tables
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 - Starting with the May 12, 2023, release (issue No. 636), the following change will be made to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report:
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Industry Partners Role in School Meals is Crucial
Release: By Cindy Long, FNS Administrator. On Jan. 15-16, 2023, I attended the School Nutrition Industry Conference in San Diego. There, I met with many of our food industry partners that deliver food to school districts across the country. Food industry partners play a crucial role in producing, procuring and...
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USDA Launches Interagency Working Group on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seeds
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the launch of an Interagency Working Group on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs as an immediate action following the recommendations of its recently published report “More and Better Choices...
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Secretary Vilsack Convenes State Agriculture Leaders from the Colorado River Basin as Part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Comprehensive Approach to Address Unprecedented Drought in the Region
News Release: USDA Highlights Resources and Programs Available to Producers Impacted by Drought in the Colorado River Basin
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Export Sales to China
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USDA Announces New Investments in School Meals to Support Healthy Kids
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced several actions to expand support for and access to the school meal programs, including awarding $50 million in grants that will increase collaboration between schools, food producers and suppliers, and other partners to develop ...
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USDA Announces New Investments in School Meals to Support Healthy Kids
Release: WASHINGTON, March 22, 2023 Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced several actions to expand support for and access to the school meal programs, including awarding $50 million in grants that will increase collaboration between schools, food producers and suppliers, and other partners to develop...
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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Oregon
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Oregon for more than $2 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
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Export Sales to China
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Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on National Agriculture Day
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 21, 2023 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement in celebration of the annual National Agriculture Day:
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USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2022, which runs from Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023.
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USDA Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Under Secretary Taylor Kicks Off Central America-Dominican Republic Trade Mission to Panama
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Alaskan Self-Determination Demonstration Project Supports Tribal Health, Sovereignty
Release: By Emily C. Kelley, Public Affairs Specialist, and Jimmy Nguyen, Program Analyst, USDA FNS.
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $200M from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities across State, Private and Tribal Lands
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 20, 2023 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is investing $197 million in 100 project proposals benefiting 22 states and seven tribes, as part of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program. Funded by President ...
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USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Forest County Potawatomi Community
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCPC) under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the tribe will purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
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USDA Delegation Visits Vietnam
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Constituent Update - March 17, 2023
Release: Some establishments under federal inspection may be experiencing supply chain shortages of synthetic sodium nitrite used to cure meat and poultry products. As a result, establishments and other stakeholders have expressed interest in substituting a portion of synthetic sodium nitrite with sodium nitrite...
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Export Sales to China
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USDA Accepting Applications for FY 2024 Export Programs
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service publishes 17 press releases or notices in February
There were 17 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service in February.