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U.S. Department of Agriculture Shares Enrollment of Six Additional States in Its National Milk Testing Strategy for H5N1

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 12:49pm

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2025 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an additional six states are enrolling in the...

Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 1890 Scholars Program

USDA Blog

Friday, January 17, 2025 - 9:15am

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s aura in my childhood home was so pervasive that you would have thought he was a member of our family. My mother, who’d been born on our family farm in Mississippi and later raised in Chicago, came to age at the height of the 1960 Civil Rights movement and understood...

$1.6M Supports Land-Grant Research for NY Farms, Forests, Communities

Cornell Small Farms Program - News

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 1:20pm

Every year, land-grant universities in all 50 states receive funds to address locally important problems and two of this year’s awardees will contribute to a 15-year Multistate Research Project addressing sustainable solutions to problems affecting bee health.... Read More

Field Days Bring Together Latino/a/x Farming Community

Cornell Small Farms Program - News

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 1:20pm

The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag project hosted a series of field days for Latino/a/x farmers.

WNY Farm Field Day Highlights Apple Production, Soil Health, Leadership

Sergio Rosario and Silvia Rios, co-owners of Rosario Brothers LLC, welcomed nearly 30...

USDA Publishes Interim Rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks

USDA News

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 12:00pm

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2025 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the publication of an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting,...

Farewell Reflection: Export Impact’s Journey

USDA Blog

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 9:19am

Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. As I write this final “Export Impact” post, I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S....

Release: NSAC Applauds Final Rule to Bring Fairness to Poultry Tournament System

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 3:34pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net

Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: NSAC Applauds Final Rule to Bring Fairness to Poultry...

Sifting Through the 2024 Spending Deal, and Looking Ahead to 2025

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 1:18pm

The 2024 calendar year ended with a flurry of Congressional activity. In the early morning of December 21, 2024, Congress passed, and the President signed the American Relief Act, averting a government shutdown....

E. Kika De La Garza Fellow Engil Pereira Creates Pathways to USDA Employment

USDA Blog

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 10:31am

In 2022, Dr. Engil Pereira, professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), participated in the E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG)...

USDA Finalizes Third New Regulation Under the Biden-Harris Administration to Create Fairness and Transparency for Contract Farmers

USDA News

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 9:00am

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2025 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the third installment in a series of regulatory reforms under the Packers and Stockyards Act that, in combination with other updates finalized under the Biden-Harris Administration, is intended to...