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USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Ellison Brothers Inc., dba Franklin County Livestock
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Franklin County Livestock (FCL)
Secretary Vilsack Visits Michigan to Highlight Biden-Harris Administration Efforts to Expand Market Access for Producers and Healthy Meal Options for Children as part of Investing in America Agenda
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2023
Release: Michigan, June 27, 2023 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Michigan to highlight the Biden-Harris Administrations commitment to build more, new, and better markets for producers and ensure children have access to healthy and nutritious meals during the summer months as part of the Investing in America agenda.
State of Success: National Alaska Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Alaska’s Agricultural and Forestry Experiment stations date to territorial times when Charles Christian Georgeson arrived to explore Alaska’s agricultural potential.
NIFA Invests $9 Million to Improve Soil Health (A1401)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Healthy soils function as a living system and sustain plant and animal productivity while maintaining or enhancing water and air quality and promoting plant, animal and human health.
Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
This article was originally published by the Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program. It is reprinted here with permission.
Old Bulls Bring New Genetic Benefits To Light
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Animal genetics plays a crucial role in modern agriculture, enhancing food sustainability, and animal adaptation to a changing climate.
Varroa Mites and Deformed Wing Virus Make Honeybees More Susceptible to Insecticides
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Controlling for Varroa mites, the parasitic mites that feed on honey bees and serve as vectors for viral diseases like deformed wing virus (DWV)
Completing Genome of Rusty Patched Bumble Bee May Offer New Approach to Saving Endangered Bee
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee's genome has been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) scientists, offering approaches for bringing the native pollinator back from the danger of extinction.
Producers Can Now Go "Whole Hog" on New Heat Stress App for Pigs
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
HotHog, a new smartphone application ("app") that predicts heat stress in pigs, is now available for download and use, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists announced today.
Secretary Vilsack Visits Michigan to Highlight Biden-Harris Administration Efforts to Expand Market Access for Producers and Healthy Meal Options for Children as part of Investing in America Agenda
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today visited Michigan to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to build more, new, and better markets for producers and ensure children have access to healthy and nutritious meals during the summer months as part of the Investing in America agenda.
USDA Partners with States to Expand Reach, Bolster Resiliency of Emergency Food System
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service recently awarded more than $58.5 million in grants to 40 state agencies to improve the reach of The Emergency Food Assistance Program, known as TEFAP, in remote, rural, tribal, and/or low-income areas.
Rogue River Valley Irrigation District to Modernize Irrigation Infrastructure Public Scoping Meeting July 18, 2023
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Rogue River Valley Irrigation District (RRVID or the District) proposes to modernize District irrigation infrastructure to improve the efficiency of its system.
Colorado Open Lands Announces Funding for Implementing Conservation Projects or Conservation Easement through USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Colorado Open Lands is announcing a funding opportunity made available by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Conservation Efforts in North Carolina’s Dairy Industry
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
June is recognized as National Dairy month. Its beginnings reach back to 1937 when it was originally known as National Milk Month to promote drinking milk.
Chief Cosby tours NRCS-WA projects
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Terry Cosby, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), toured multiple locations across Washington June 11 to 13.
Jason Bzdula, the Semi-lone Wolf of Wolfberry Hawthorn Farm.
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
On June 21, 2024 members of the United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) of North Carolina (N.C.)
Local Working Group Meeting Announcement
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) gives notice that it will hold a Local Working Group meeting for Broome, Tioga, Chemung, & Chenango.
NRCS Invites Public to Attend Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meeting July 18, 2023
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) invites the public to attend the Pennsylvania State Technical Committee meeting on July 18, 2023.
Democrats REJECT Military Pay Raise and Other Amendments, SUPPORT Title 42
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The Appropriations Committee finished its first week of full committee markups for fiscal year 2023 and is starting its second week of markups today.
Committee Republicans Offer Several Critical Amendments to Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Bills
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2023 bills for the subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.