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Committee Republicans Object to Subcommittee Allocations and Defense and Legislative Branch Bills
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2023 subcommittee spending levels, known as “302(b)” allocations.
Committee Approves FY24 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 24.
Committee Approves FY24 Defense Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Defense Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 24.
Committee Releases FY24 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee.
Committee Approves FY24 Legislative Branch Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 24.
Committee Approves FY24 Homeland Security Bill
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Homeland Security Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 25.
USDA Announces Historic Investment in Wildlife Conservation, Expands Partnership to Include Additional Programs
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing that it will expand its work on wildlife conservation by investing at least $500 million over the next five years and by leveraging all available conservation programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Texas NRCS retiree Minzenmeyer recognized as 2022 Hugh Hammond Bennett Regional Planner of the Year
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Former USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) employee Glen Minzenmeyer was recently selected as the recipient of the 2022 Hugh Hammond Bennett Regional Planner of the Year Award by the National Association of Conservation District’s National Conservation Planning Partnership.
Riley Kammerer Receives the Northern Plains Regional and South Dakota Hugh Hammond Bennett Producer Award
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) serving South Dakota is pleased to announce that Riley Kammerer and his family received the South Dakota Hugh Hammond Bennett Producer Award for 2022.
USDA Hiring Engineers, Natural Resource Specialists Nationwide to Strengthen Inflation Reduction Act Implementation, Enhance Agricultural Conservation
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is ramping up hiring for key positions that will help strengthen agricultural conservation efforts and turn President Biden’s Investing in America agenda into action.
Second application batching period now open for FY23 CSP
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Washington announced July 23, 2023, as the 2nd application batching period for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Classic and IRA for Fiscal Year 2023.
Public Notice Announcing Scoping Meetings for St. Mary Canal Modernization Project
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The Milk River Joint Board of Control (MRJBOC), in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Celebrate Your Fourth of July Without Foodborne Illness
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The Fourth of July is a time of celebration, family and of course cookouts. Cooking safely is in your hands and doing so can help keep your family healthy this Independence Day.
FSIS Releases Study on Salmonella in Breaded Stuffed Chicken Products
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
FSIS conducted a study with the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) laboratories to gather data on not-ready-to-eat (NRTE)
APHIS Authorizes Imports of Fresh Leaves and Stems of Garland Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronarium) from Mexico into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
APHIS Seeks Comment on Concurrence with World Organization for Animal Health’s Risk Designation for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy for France
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our preliminary concurrence with the World Organization for Animal Health’s (WOAH) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designation for France.
APHIS Issues Regulatory Status Review Responses: Inner Plant Soybeans and Tomato, and Ohalo Genetics Potato
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently reviewed soybean, tomato, and potato plants modified using genetic engineering.
SDA Releases Five-Year Strategy to Combat Spotted Lanternfly
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group has released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF)
USDA Provides Additional $502 Million For Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – Stands Ready to Combat Additional Detections
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing $502 million under the Animal Health Protection Act to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
USDA Announces Historic Investment in Wildlife Conservation, Expands Partnership to Include Additional Programs
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing that it will expand its work on wildlife conservation by investing at least $500 million over the next five years and by leveraging all available conservation programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)