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Harvesting Health All Summer Long

Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - 9:47am

The Food and Nutrition Service’s Turnip the Beet awards recognize outstanding summer meal program sponsors for going above and beyond, ensuring children receive high quality meals in a fun, safe and healthy learning environment when...

Understanding Appropriations: A Look at the House Appropriations Committee FY 2023 Agriculture Funding Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 3:12pm

On June 23rd, the House Appropriations Committee marked up and approved its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Agriculture Spending bill. The full House Appropriations Committee markup and approval followed the Agriculture Subcommittee’s approval of the funding bill on Wednesday, June 15th. The...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

USDA News

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 2:00pm

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.

Eric Deeble was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Congressional Relations...

Farmer sentiment remains weak, crop producers contemplating acreage shifts in 2023

Purdue University Agriculture News

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 12:00am

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer continued to slide in June, down 2 points to a reading of 97. Producers’ expectations for the future also weakened. The Index of Future Expectations fell 5 points to a reading of 96, marking the lowest level for the index since October 2016.... Read More

Bison Ranchers and Stewards Asked to Complete Bison Health and Management Study

USDA Blog

Friday, July 1, 2022 - 9:52am

What comes to mind when you think of South Dakota? Is it the Black Hills, presidential busts and bison? According to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, South Dakota has the largest inventory of bison of any state in the United States, with over 30,000...

Financing Manufactured Homes to Boost Housing Supply in Rural America

USDA Blog

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - 9:02am

USDA Rural Development’s Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program has options for lenders to help homebuyers finance homes across rural America. This includes...

Biden Administration Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Child Nutrition Programs

USDA News

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - 9:00am

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 – The Biden Administration announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide nearly $1 billion in additional funding to schools to support the purchase of American-grown foods for their meal programs. The department also...

Working Lands for Wildlife Launches Literature Gateway

USDA Blog

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - 8:52am

USDA just launched a new research and visualization tool that summarizes published scientific research on bird species-vegetation relationships in the Eastern and Boreal Forests of North America. The tool, Literature Gateway: A Systematic Map of Bird-Vegetation Relationships in...