News from 2023


USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions across U.S. as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, which is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions in Delaware as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, which is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions in California as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, which is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions in Hawaii and Guam as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, which is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


USDA Seeks Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist in Rhode Island as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


USDA Opens Full-Time, Entry-Level Soil Conservationist Positions in New Jersey as Part of Broader Effort to Implement the Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is quickly ramping up hiring of new team members to help implement $19.5 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs, which is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.


Montana’s Snowpack Peaks and Snowmelt is in Full Swing

After a couple of months of above normal precipitation across most of Montana, active weather largely slowed down in April.


NRCS provides support for the Texas state forestry contest

Annually across Texas, FFA students and 4-H members participate in local and regional forestry contests.


South Korea: Food Processing Ingredients

Korea has a strong food processing industry that manufactures a wide variety of food and beverage products.


Visualization: 2022 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook

The 2022 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world.


Canada Consults on Restricting Food Advertising to Children

Health Canada opened a public consultation period on the federal department’s intent to restrict advertising to children of foods with high content of sodium, sugars or saturated fats.


Turkey Raises Tariffs on Imported Grains

Starting on May 1, Turkey’s import duties on wheat, barley, corn, and other grains will go from zero to 130 percent.


India: Sugar Annual

India’s centrifugal sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2023/2024 (October-September) is forecast to reach 36 million metric tons (MMT), equivalent to 33.6 MMT of crystal white sugar.


Japan: TRQ Allocation Rates for FTAs in JFY 2022

Since 2018, Japan has implemented three large-scale free trade agreements (FTA) with major economies:


United Arab Emirates: Food Service - Hotel Restaurant Institutional

This guide intends to provide an overview for those looking to learn more about the hotel restaurant and institutional (HRI) sector.


Dairy Monthly Imports

This monthly report includes information on U.S. and global imports of dairy products, including maximum quantities that can be imported under tariff-rate quota licensing.


Grain and Feed Update

FAS New Delhi's (Post) market year (MY) 2023/2024 wheat production forecast is raised to a record 110 million metric tons (MMT) on reported higher-than-earlier expected yields despite some weather incidences.


Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly

Export prices of Thai rice increased 1-2 percent due to the strengthening of the Thai baht and the upward pressure on domestic rice prices.


China: Notice on Fake Registration Portals - Decree 248

On April 28, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) stated that they would “like to raise an alarm over fake online portals” related to the E-government platform for the China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) single window that is being used in conjunction with the PRC's Decree 248 registration requirements.


China: New and Renewed Biosafety Certificates Issued Including First Ever For Gene-Edited Event

On April 28, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for domestic cultivation and production of 113 genetically engineered (GE) events and the first ever biosafety certificate for a gene-edited event.