U.S. Department of Agriculture
From USDA: To our program partners, As the Farmers to Families Food Box Program comes to an end, we want to again thank you for your support and partnership in this effort.
The USDA announced plans to invest more than $4 billion to strengthen critical supply chains through the Build Back Better initiative.
The USDA announced an investment of up to $1 billion, including $500 million in American Rescue Plan funding, in The Emergency Food Assistance Program to support and expand the emergency food network.
Starting July 1, new fruit and vegetable commodities will be tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program.
The USDA is inviting comment on a request from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc. to extend deregulation to an apple variety (designated as PG451 Arctic Gala) developed using genetic engineering to prevent browning.
Episode 29 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features an interview with Tom Stenzel, CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association, about the latest COVID-19 relief bill and the programs included that benefit the industry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the contracts for the fifth round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
An increase in apple and orange prices spurred retail fresh produce inflation in February, new government statistics show.
Catch up quick on the news of the week with this latest episode of Packer Insight. Watch for the recap, and then get more details on each of the following topics at the links below.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the termination of 10 U.S. consumer standards that are obsolete and impede the effective marketing of specialty crops.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to buy as much as 485,000 cartons of domestic grapes for the school lunch program and other federal food and nutrition assistance programs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reopened the referendum voting period from June 29, through July 23, 2021, for pecan growers to vote on whether to continue their Federal marketing order.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $12 million in Farm to School Grants this year, announcing awards to 176 grantees, the most projects funded since the program began in 2013.
The growth rate for U.S. imports of agricultural goods has more than doubled the pace of U.S. ag exports since 1995, a new report on agricultural trade reveals.
With possible implications for fruit and vegetable servings, the government is seeking public input on how certain foods are counted for nutrition standards in school lunches.
Kids at schools with Farm to School programs eat more fruits and vegetables, a new study suggests.
A French law that will ban produce stickers starting Jan. 1 of 2022 threatens millions of dollars of U.S. produce exports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.
The Government of Panama has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica) for consumption into the United States and Territories.
The USDA has announced updated performance measures for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program and other programs.
The USDA announced today an investment of $69 million to address critical food and nutrition security needs of low-income communities enduring the pandemic.
The White House said the USDA is making up to $500 million available to help rural health care facilities, tribes and communities expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, health care services and nutrition assistance.
Apples are up and pears are down in the August crop production forecast report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a virtual roundtable 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT Sept 15, titled, “Exploring Food Waste Solutions: Success Stories from the U.S. and Beyond.”
More citrus-growing areas of Australia have been cleared to export to the U.S.
Effective Aug. 24, the USDA is implementing restrictions on all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits imported into the U.S. from Mexico to prevent the introduction of black fig fly.
Effective July 14, USDA and the Texas Department of Agriculture expanded the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines in the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that pecan producers voted to continue their marketing order program.
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), a 15-member volunteer advisory board appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, meets twice each year in a public forum to discuss and vote on recommendations to the USDA.
With both Florida and California orange output down by double-digit percentages, the total U.S. orange crop is forecast to be off 12% in 2021-22.