USDA

Oh USDA Reports, Where Art Thou?

January 25, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Five agencies within USDA publish regular reports: Agricultural Marketing Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Economic Research Service and the World Agricultural Outlook Board. AMS is the only agency of the five that [Read More …]

Georgia Farm Bureau taking applications for hurricane damage assistance

January 21, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Producers who reside in those Georgia counties are eligible to apply for relief funds Georgia Farm Bureau is now accepting applications from farmers who sustained agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael in all counties declared primary [Read More …]

FSA offices opening for limited time

January 16, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In an interesting turn of events, some federal agencies are being brought back to work. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that many Farm Service Agency offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days [Read More …]

USDA delays deadline for aid to offset tariffs

January 14, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Many farmers already have received first of two payments to offset some losses Farmers already reeling from low prices and uncertainty amid the nation’s trade dispute with China are welcoming a decision to extend a [Read More …]

Trump to address AFBF Annual Convention

January 14, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

This year’s gathering takes place Jan. 11-16 in New Orleans, Louisiana Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will address farm and ranch families from across the nation Monday at the American [Read More …]

USDA Announces Plan to Protect SNAP Participants’ Access to SNAP in February

January 10, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a plan to ensure that low-income Americans have access to the nutrition they need, despite the inability of Congress [Read More …]

Market Facilitation Program deadline extended

January 10, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Secretary Perdue statement on extension of Market Facilitation Program deadline U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today extended the deadline for agricultural producers to apply for payments under the Market Facilitation Program as provided by [Read More …]

USDA worked to build rural prosperity in 2018

January 7, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA Rural Development’s accomplishments for the 2018 fiscal year Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today highlighted accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during 2018 that assisted rural communities in [Read More …]

Farmers risk loss of federal payments and loans

January 3, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Certain vital USDA programs will remain operational in the short term The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized [Read More …]

USDA FAS forges ahead to expand trade in 2018

January 3, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

One of the year’s highlights was the successful negotiation of the USMCA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forged ahead to expand export opportunities and diversify markets for U.S. farm and food products in 2018, [Read More …]

USDA updates functions during lapse in funding

January 2, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Many services will carry on, while others will discontinue on January 1, 2019 The U.S. Department of Agriculture today updated its assessment of how the lapse in federal funding will affect services and programs since [Read More …]

Agricultural Marketing Service Expects Federal Government Shut-Down to Have Minimal Effect on Purchasing Activities

January 1, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Beginning December 22, 2018, due to the lapse in federal government funding, many federal offices have been required to close or severely cut staffing and services. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program [Read More …]

FSA county offices to close during government shutdown

December 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

MSGA encourages farmers to finish MFP application before shutdown About 25 percent of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shut down at midnight last Friday after Congress and the Trump administration failed [Read More …]

Perdue applauds USDA’s 2018 accomplishments

December 28, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. USDA has continued enacting President Trump’s goals of regulatory reform, streamlining government, and [Read More …]

Dairy producers receive a boost from USDA

December 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy farmers face low milk prices, high operational costs, waning consumer demand In farm country outside Buffalo, New York, you will find Frank Valent working with his 80 or so Holstein and Jersey cows to [Read More …]

USDA functions in the event of a lapse in funding

December 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Some USDA activities will be shut down, reduced with lapse in government funding U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today detailed which functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will remain available in the [Read More …]

USDA Releases Final Rule for BE Food Disclosure

December 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On Thursday, December 20, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a pre-publication copy of the final rule establishing the national bioengineered (BE) food disclosure standard. This rule is the first time that a [Read More …]

National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

December 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA to establish mandatory standard for disclosing foods that are or may be bioengineered U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Friday announced the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, passed [Read More …]

NMPF Thanks President Trump for Signing Farm Bill

December 21, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) thanked President Donald Trump for signing a farm bill that enacts necessary reforms for dairy farmers. The organization looks forward to working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [Read More …]

NMPF welcomes USDA assistance

December 21, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Assistance welcomed; organization also pleased Congress recently passed farm bill In response to USDA’s announcement of a second round of trade mitigation payments to U.S. farmers, NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered the following comments: “The [Read More …]

Benefits of improved dairy safety net tool

December 20, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Over past 7 months, $253 million in payments have been made to dairy operators More than 21,400 dairy producers opted for coverage through the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) in 2018, up by more than 2,000 [Read More …]

New program to improve rural internet access

December 19, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA launches new program to create rural high-speed internet e-connectivity Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering up to $600 million in loans and grants to [Read More …]

NMPF Welcomes USDA Assistance, Looks Forward to Farm Bill Implementation

December 19, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In response to USDA’s announcement of a second round of trade mitigation payments to U.S. farmers, NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern offered the following comments: “The tariff-mitigation payment for dairy farmers in this second [Read More …]

Dairy Producers Receive a Boost from USDA

December 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In farm country outside Buffalo, New York, you will find Frank Valent working with his 80 or so Holstein and Jersey cows to put milk on America’s table. Travel about 200 miles southeast to Ohio, [Read More …]

USDA highlights opportunities for producers

December 18, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA is buying products under the Food Purchase and Distribution Program Last week, a new USDA Foods vendor delivered 2,000 gallons of fresh milk to the D.C. Capital Area Food Bank. The delivery was one [Read More …]

Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture

December 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

What Is the Issue? Many U.S. growers of labor-intensive crops have long relied on immigrant workers from Mexico, including many who are not legally authorized to work in the United States. New data and analysis [Read More …]

Former Ag Secretary Bob Bergland dies at 90

December 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Bergland passed away at a nursing home in his hometown of Roseau, Minnesota Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter’s unpopular Soviet Union [Read More …]

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach to Speak at PDPW Dairy Food & Policy Summit

December 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Event Features Leading Dairy and Food Chain Experts Dec. 19-20 in Madison, Wis. Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been added to the top-notch [Read More …]

EPA, USDA Encourage Use of Market-based and Other Collaborative Approaches to Address Excess Nutrients

December 7, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a joint letter to state environmental and agricultural agencies actively voicing support for collaborative, market-based approaches to reduce nutrient overloading and [Read More …]

EPA to Seek Stakeholder Input on National Nutrient Strategy

December 7, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday their intent to work with state, tribal, and local agencies to reduce the flow of nutrients into navigable waters from non-point sources, [Read More …]

Oh USDA Reports, Where Art Thou?

Georgia Farm Bureau taking applications for hurricane damage assistance

FSA offices opening for limited time

USDA delays deadline for aid to offset tariffs

Trump to address AFBF Annual Convention

USDA Announces Plan to Protect SNAP Participants’ Access to SNAP in February

Market Facilitation Program deadline extended

USDA worked to build rural prosperity in 2018

Farmers risk loss of federal payments and loans

USDA FAS forges ahead to expand trade in 2018

USDA updates functions during lapse in funding

Agricultural Marketing Service Expects Federal Government Shut-Down to Have Minimal Effect on Purchasing Activities

FSA county offices to close during government shutdown

Perdue applauds USDA’s 2018 accomplishments

Dairy producers receive a boost from USDA

USDA functions in the event of a lapse in funding

USDA Releases Final Rule for BE Food Disclosure

National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

NMPF Thanks President Trump for Signing Farm Bill

NMPF welcomes USDA assistance

Benefits of improved dairy safety net tool

New program to improve rural internet access

NMPF Welcomes USDA Assistance, Looks Forward to Farm Bill Implementation

Dairy Producers Receive a Boost from USDA

USDA highlights opportunities for producers

Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture

Former Ag Secretary Bob Bergland dies at 90

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach to Speak at PDPW Dairy Food & Policy Summit

EPA, USDA Encourage Use of Market-based and Other Collaborative Approaches to Address Excess Nutrients

EPA to Seek Stakeholder Input on National Nutrient Strategy

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage