Articles Tagged with ''Department of Agriculture''

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has tested positive for COVID-19, adding his name to a list of recent high-profile confirmations among some of the highest seats in government.

Clint Nesbitt has joined Genus PLC as the global director of regulatory and external affairs, and Annemarie Pender has been hired by the National Pork Producers Council as the new assistant vice president for marketing and communications.

More money is on the way for producers who had previously filed for assistance through Department of Agriculture programs to help feed their livestock after suffering through inclement weather in 2021.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak: Budget process kicking off * Fortenberry resigning * USDA revises supermarket prices for 2022 upward * Ukraine gets new ag minister

The federal government is in search of individuals interested in participating in a new commission tasked with addressing the nation’s wildfires.

The Department of Agriculture is looking to award grants into U.S. fertilizer production and plans to give more time for interested parties to submit their applications for a round of funding to promote climate-smart commodities.

The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service no longer plans to impose masking requirements at federally inspected meat processing facilities.

President Joe Biden announced new state leaders to USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Rural Development offices and Cathy Burns will become the singular CEO of the International Fresh Produce Association.

USDA will begin accepting applications for $215 million in grants and technical assistance meant to expand the nation’s meat and poultry processing capacity.

The nation’s organic dairies are growing in their ability to produce milk relative to the inputs in the production process, but not nearly at the same rate as other dairies in the country, according to new research from the Department of Agriculture.