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USDA Accepting Applications for FY 2024 Export Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from eligible organizations for fiscal year 2024 funding for five export market development programs.


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Export Sales to China

Private exporters reported sales of 191,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.


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USDA McGovern-Dole and Food for Progress FY 2023 Public Meeting Webinar

USDA would like to invite interested parties to attend a public meeting webinar on the McGovern-Dole and Food for Progress Programs’ FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO).


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Export Sales to China

Private exporters reported sales of 641,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.


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Export Sales to China

Private exporters reported sales of 667,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.


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Export Sales to China

Private exporters reported sales of 612,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2022/2023 marketing year.


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USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA).


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USDA Issues a Packers and Stockyards Complaint against Dan Colbert for Packers and Stockyards Act Violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Dan Colbert (Colbert) of Oklahoma, on March 6, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


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USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Minnesota and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


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USDA Launches Interagency Working Group on Competition and Intellectual Property in Seeds

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 for Farmers:


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USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Oregon

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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Japan's New Biofuels Policy Allows for Increased Exports of U.S. Ethanol

News Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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Export Sales to China

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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Export Sale to China

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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USDA Takes Steps to Support Food Sovereignty with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

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 Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the tribe seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.


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Export Sales to China

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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USDA Issues a Packers and Stockyards Complaint against Dan Colbert for Packers and Stockyards Act Violations

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Dan Colbert (Colbert) of Oklahoma, on March 6, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


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Export Sales to Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.


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USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Minnesota and Texas from Operating in the Produce Industry

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...


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Export Sales to China

Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.