February 7, 2019
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has named three sub-Cabinet nominees to less-senior positions that do not require Senate confirmation, while continuing to urge their confirmation to the posts to which they were nominated. In a …
February 7, 2019
Supply Reports With the federal shutdown over, the USDA is playing catch-up with many of its January reports and delaying some late-January and early-February reporting. Among National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports relevant to the …
January 29, 2019
The federal government is open again, at least until mid-February. President Trump agreed to a short-term funding bill that contained no money for a border wall. House and Senate negotiators will try to put together …
January 24, 2019
USDA’s nutrition assistance programs are operating but will run out of money in the coming weeks and months if the shutdown continues. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or Food Stamps) paid February benefits in …
January 24, 2019
Newcastle is not a food safety concern The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of virulent Newcastle disease in a small flock of backyard exhibition …
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