News from 2023


Agriculture Department publishes notice on July 7

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Forest Service Forms Northwest Forest Plan Federal Advisory Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 7, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established and appointed members to a new Federal Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations on modernizing landscape management across national forests within the Northwest Forest Plan area in Washington, Oregon and Northern California.


Export Sales to Mexico

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


Week ending June 24: Agriculture Department publishes 8 notices

There were eight notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending June 24, according to the Federal Register.


USDA-RUS offers new grant application process starting July 10

Powering Affordable Clean Energy grant opened on July 10.


USDA Selects 2023 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 10, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today welcomed 30 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) around the nation as the 2023 class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows to Washington, D.C. to learn more about USDA services and programs that will benefit them ...


Eleven New Agricultural Officers Sworn into Foreign Service

News Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


Agriculture Department discusses Fiscal Year 2023 Raw Cane Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Increase on July 10

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Chairwoman Stabenow Statement on the Confirmation Vote of Xochitl Torres Small

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement on the confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.


USDA-FAS grant application closes on Aug. 25

Cochran Fellowship Program Global Training Opportunity grant opened on July 12.


Scientists Build a Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods

News Release: GRAND FORKS, N.D., July 11, 2023-Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center led a study that demonstrates it is possible to build a healthy diet with 91 percent of the calories coming from ultra-processed foods (as classified using the NOVA...


Agriculture Department discusses Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement on July 11

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agriculture Department discusses Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement on July 11

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Agriculture Department publish on July 11?

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Announces Funding Available to Support U.S. Sheep Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $300,000 in available grant funding through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (SPMGP) to strengthen and enhance the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products in the United States. Grant applications are currently being accepted through Sept. 15, 2023.



USDA-FAS offers new grant application process starting July 12

FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program grant opened on July 12.


Senators Stabenow, Boozman Statement on the Confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

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 Senate has confirmed Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.


Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

News Release: Washington, July 11, 2023 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).