1 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to invest nearly $6 million to improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is defending USDA's oversight of its loan guarantees and grants to small- and mid-sized processors after Republican lawmakers this week demanded accountability for $45.6 million provided to an Iowa broiler processor that shut down and forced the state of Iowa to cull 1.3 million healthy ch...
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- USDA is planning to test raw bulk milk nationally for the H5N1 bird flu virus because of the growing number of cases during the past month in California dairy herds and the finding of a different strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a small Oregon farm that infected at least one pig. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil...
1 Nov 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 825 AM EDT Fri Nov 1 2024 Values represent highs yesterday...lows over the last 12 hours and precipitation over the last 24 hours ending at 7 AM EST/8 AM EDT. M=Missing Data T=Trace NA=Not Available : .BR CLE 1101 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAI...
1 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that students eligible for free and reduced price school meals must not be charged junk fees along with the cost of a meal served through the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.