Articles Tagged with ''USDA''

Fertilizer prices were already soaring due to weather and supply chain shocks exacerbated by the COVID pandemic before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, leading USDA to announce a $250 million investment in new U.S. production capacity. The question is how much impact that funding can have.

Department of Agriculture scientists say a vaccine to combat African Swine Fever is now closer to commercial availability following the clearance of a key regulatory hurdle.

Ahead of a key Senate hearing this week, economists at Texas A&M University have finished their analysis of a revised bill that would mandate levels of cash trading in the cattle markets.

Agriculture leaders say new figures from the International Monetary Fund should underscore the need for heightened awareness of an issue familiar to many who have long been active in the global hunger space.

Governor Gavin Newsom has made new appointments to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and the International Fresh Produce Association has selected Tamara Muruetagoiena as the director of sustainability.

America’s national bird has not been immune to a recent string of highly pathogenic avian influenza infections, according to Agriculture Department data tracking the outbreak.

The Department on Agriculture has named senior staff positions in the D.C. office and President Biden names new state FSA and RD positions.

The Biden Administration on Thursday appointed eight individuals to state USDA posts.

Lawmakers are laying the groundwork to recharge the Rural Energy for America Program, a USDA initiative to bankroll clean and renewable energy from rural areas and farms.

President Joe Biden will be in Iowa today for a speech at a POET bioethanol facility, where he is set to announce a lifting of the ban on summertime E15 sales.