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Federal agriculture, energy departments jointly pledge to promote rural energy upgrades
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary Donald LaVoy and Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes today announce... READ MORE »
USDA announces new details of $22 million potato-purchase trade mitigation package
On July 25, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced details of additional actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would t... READ MORE »
Pest control research programs receive $11 million in USDA funding
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced today that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has in... READ MORE »
Sustainable agricultural practices promoted in new USDA program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced Sept. 12 that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) h... READ MORE »
USDA’s final 2018 potato crop total 4.2 million cwt below estimate
Final USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) totals state the 2018 U.S. potato crop at 450.02 million cwt, down about 901,000 cwt from th... READ MORE »
USDA offering disaster relief assistance, including for Dorian
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Sept. 9 that agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019, including Hur... READ MORE »
USDA seeking nominees for National Potato Promotion Board
The USDA is seeking nominees to fill 73 producer and importer member seats on the National Potato Promotion Board. The nominating process will conclud... READ MORE »
Acreage report discrepancy aside, Idaho growers expecting good year
Idaho potato growers are expecting a good year, albeit probably a smaller crop. In a report by John O’Connell for the Idaho State Journal, plante... READ MORE »
USDA to buy $22 million of surplus potatoes under trade relief plan
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural produc... READ MORE »
Cover crop management flexibility for 2020 added by USDA
The 2018 Farm Bill mandated changes to the treatment of cover crops for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, which add more flexibility to ... READ MORE »
