USDA Trade Mission Spurs Record Ethanol Exports to China
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant jump in ethanol exports to China this year, following a USDA-led trade mission to the country last year. Representatives from nine state departments of agriculture and 28 U.S. companies, including renewable fuels businesses, traveled to northeast C...
USDA Shares 2015 Results: Building a Stronger Rural America through Partnership,...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2015 – This year, millions of rural businesses and families were positively impacted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investments in their communities. Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a list of USDA’s top achievements in 2015, demonstrating USDA’s efforts to help farmers and ranchers bring their produ...
Obama Administration Announces Competition to Designate the Third and Final Round...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that communities may now apply to be designated a Promise Zone under the third and final round competition. Read the new notice seeking Promise Zone applications....
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Country of Origin...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement regarding the language in the omnibus bill repealing the country of origin labeling requirements for beef and pork products....
Federal Agencies Release Update on National Biogas Activities
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2015 – In support of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly released the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Progress Report today, updating the federal government’s progress to reduce metha...
USDA Removes Farm Program Payments to Managers Not Actively Engaged in...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today finalized a rule to ensure that farm safety-net payments are issued only to active managers of farms that operate as joint ventures or general partnerships, consistent with the direction and authority provide by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill....
USDA Announces $3.4 Million in Funding Available Through International Wheat Partnership...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $3.4 million for research projects in support of the new International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) program....
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Finalization of COP 21...
WASHINGTON, December 12, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made statement on the finalization of the COP 21 deal in Paris...
USDA Provides Loan Guarantee Conditional Commitment to Build Georgia Biofuel Plant
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a conditional commitment for a $70 million loan guarantee to help build a cellulosic biorefinery in central Georgia. USDA is providing the loan guarantee conditional commitment, an important milestone in the ongoing development of the project, through its Biorefinery A...
USDA Announces $40 Million Available to Help Ranchers Restore Sage Grouse...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $40 million to help ranchers and other partners in 11 western states restore and protect sagebrush habitat for greater sage-grouse on privately-owned land....
