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USDA Takes Action to Help Protect Endangered California Condors From Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is taking emergency action to help protect the critically endangered California condors after several have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). APHIS has approved the emergency use of HPAI vaccine in an attempt to prevent additional deaths of these birds.


USDA Extends Application Deadline for Revenue Loss Programs to July 14

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) to July 14, 2023, to give producers more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was June 2.


USDA Takes Action to Help Protect Endangered California Condors From Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is taking emergency action to help protect the critically endangered California condors after several have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). APHIS has approved the emergency use of HPAI vaccine in an attempt to prevent additional deaths of these birds.


Clean Up to Green Up

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the renewal of the USDA People’s Garden Initiative, NRCS New York employees and other partners collaborated in a spring clean-up in the Bronx on May 5th at Taqwa Community Farm and the Garden of Happiness.


Appropriations Markups Postponed

Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) released the following statement on postponing markups scheduled for the week of May 22, 2023.


Committee Releases FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.


Committee Releases FY24 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Homeland Security Subcommittee.


Granger, Carter, Bost: As Promised, House Republicans Fully Fund VA

Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Chairman John Carter, and Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Committee Releases FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and FY24 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills

Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bills for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and Legislative Branch Subcommittees.


Senate Agriculture Committee Advances Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

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 committee advanced Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico to be deputy secretary of agriculture to the full Senate for consideration.


Thompson Issues Statement On Wotus Ruling

Following the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Michael and Chantell Sackett in the Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency case, Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement:


For The Purpose Of Receiving Testimony From The U.s. Department Of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service And Farm Service Agency"

Rep. Jim Baird (IN-04), Chairman of the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing entitled,


Public notices: Agriculture Department publishes 14 in week ending May 13

There were 14 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending May 13, according to the Federal Register.


USDA Takes Action to Help Protect Endangered California Condors From Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is taking emergency action to help protect the critically endangered California condors after several have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). APHIS has approved the emergency use of HPAI vaccine in an attempt to prevent additional deaths of these birds.


Constituent Update - May 26, 2023

Release: On May 24, 2023, FSIS and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new FSIS Midwestern Laboratory in the St. Louis, Mo., metro region. The new facility will allow the FSIS Midwestern lab to evolve and incorporate advancements in science and technology to meet present and future challenges. Construction of the new lab is expected to begin this summer with an estimated completion date of spring/summer 2025.


USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Derek W. Crites, dba DC Farms

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Derek W. Crites (Crites), doing business as DC Farms, Moorefield, W. Va., on April 16, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Crites waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $2,220.


“Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 3595” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on May 22

The House section of the Congressional Record published “Constitutional Authority and Single Subject Statements for H.R. 3595” on May 22.


USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Mark Colgan

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mark Colgan (Colgan) of Laura, Ill., on May 13, 2023, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Colgan waived its rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $24,000.


USDA Takes Action to Help Protect Endangered California Condors From Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is taking emergency action to help protect the critically endangered California condors after several have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). APHIS has approved the emergency use of HPAI vaccine in an attempt to prevent additional deaths of these birds.


Mexico: Corrected Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture

Errata: The version of this report issued on May 9, 2023, with the title “Mexico Amends the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture