Other Ag News

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 5:00pm

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.

Kumar Chandran, Acting Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 9:23am

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) closed out another successful year of protecting domestic plants from invasive threats while enabling safe trade. In 2023, APHIS employees inspected at least 2.82 billion pounds of imported crops from 19 countries—a testament to the year-...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 9:15am

When Lauren Hawkins graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, she had a job waiting for her. Thanks to her participation in the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, she was hired right away...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 12:00am
The Indiana Forage Council (IFC) Annual Meeting will take place Feb. 5. Open to the public, the event will be a led by Purdue Extension-affiliated speakers and facilitators and includes a tour of Freshly Dairy, a regional, family-owned dairy. Dinner is included for $25 per person.
Monday, January 15, 2024 - 9:00am

Our current season of online courses is underway, and the fourth and final block of courses will start live content at the end of February. With courses on farm business, grazing management, tree fruit production, and more, this is a great opportunity to learn before the growing...

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Sunday, January 14, 2024 - 8:00am

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2024 – Due to a number of circumstances on Saturday, January 13, 2024, including severe winter weather in the Midwest that may have prevented some applicants from reaching local program offices as well as a brief outage of the e-filing platform in the...

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Friday, January 12, 2024 - 9:02am

USDA has taken bold action to expand equitable access to our programs and services to improve customer experience (CX) for America’s farmers, ranchers and forest managers since President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order ...

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Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 4:26pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net 

Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: Farmers Shine Spotlight on Vital Impact of Climate Funding at the IRA Conservation and... Read More
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 1:30pm

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2024 – For the past 25 years, Congress has upheld a bipartisan commitment to provide full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to serve every eligible participant that applies.

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 11:15am

Altoona, Iowa, Jan. 11, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is awarding $19 million in grants to U.S. business owners to increase the...

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