USDA Announces Funding for Smart Grid and 1,000 miles of line...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states....
U.S., Jordan Sign Agreement to Promote Agricultural Development and Trade, Support...
Amman, JORDAN, May 10, 2015 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Jordan Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury, today signed an agreement to support agricultural development and trade in Jordan....
Statement by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Final Communique by...
ISTANBUL, May 8, 2015 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today, May 8, after endorsing the final communique by the G-20 Agriculture Ministers in Istanbul, Turkey:...
USDA Announces $30 Million Available for Food Entrepreneurs and Agricultural Producers...
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making $30 million available to farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines. Funding will be made available through the USDA’s Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program....
Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains
WASHINGTON, May 8 2015 - West-wide snowpack has mostly melted, according to data from the fifth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)....
USDA's May 12, 2015, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report...
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2015 – The next World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, which will be released at 12 noon ET on May 12, will present USDA’s initial assessment of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects and U.S. prices for the 2015/16 marketing year....
Statement from Secretary Vilsack on New Data Showing the Vast Majority...
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement today after USDA's Food and Nutrition Service issued new data showing that 95 percent of schools are successfully meeting the updated meal standards made possible by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010:...
USDA Announces Grants to Enable More Farmers Markets to Serve Low-Income...
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2015 – Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the availability of up to $3.3 million in competitive funding to support the ability of farmers markets to accept Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as...
Forest Service Chief Predicts Above Normal Wildland Fire Potential in Much...
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2015 – U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell presented the Forest Service forecast on the upcoming 2015 fire season in testimony today before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Forest Service researchers expect 2015 to continue the trend of above average fire activity....
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
DENVER, Colo., May 4, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of up to $235 million to improve the nation's water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. The funding is being made available through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (...
