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10 Jul 2020
(Washington, D.C., July 10, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that Dr. Parag Chitnis will serve as Acting Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) upon the departure of Dr. Scott Angle.
10 Jul 2020
(Washington, D.C., July 10, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Nevada has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free...
9 Jul 2020
Washington, D.C., July 9, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Utah has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or r...
9 Jul 2020
Washington, D.C., July 9, 2020 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an initial list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made other adjustments to the program based on comments received from agricultural producers...
7 Jul 2020
Phoenix, July 7, 2020 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey agreed to a collaborative new framework to increase coordination and cooperation for work addressing forest health risks and wildfire across the state.
Arizona's Shared Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding would help accelerate the pace and...