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3 Aug 11:02 am
On July 29, 2009, USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Administrator Jonathan Coppess announced that biomass conversion facilities can begin signing up to participate in the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which will help increase
production of renewable energy. The program, authorized in the 2008 farm bill, provides financial assistance to producers who deliver eligible
material to biomass conversion facilities and the FSA will provide financial ...
13 Oct 11:49 am
... Southwestern states Hispanic farmers there have a bone to pick with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The farmers allege
USDA's Farm Service Agency has discriminated against
them by denying or delaying loans. The farmers also allege ... Secretary of Agriculture when he gave his testimony. The new administration appears to want to turn the page on that
chapter of USDA history, '"[Agriculture] Secretary [Tom] Vilsack often talks about how the department is known in some quarters as "The Last
...
29 Sep 2:46 am
... Tom Vilsack has stressed his commitment to improving diversity and equal opportunity in the agency, USDA spokesman Justin DeJong said." A similar class-action suit involving African ... its past errors, learning from its mistakes, and moving forward to a new
era of equitable service and access for all,' Vilsack said in an April memo." In the Native American suit, ... George Keepseagle has concerns that he can't pay off his current
USDA loan. His attorneys say the loan was drawn up under unfair terms " ...
16 Sep 4:08 am
... our food."' Deputy Secretary Merrigan will chair the initiative. The initiative is the focus of a task force consisting of representatives from various USDA agencies. The task force aims to improve the Department's efforts in building more sustainable and efficient local and ... adopt new and direct
marketing practices."; 2)USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service wants to implement a new voluntary cooperative program authorized in
2008 Farm Bill that should created new "economic opportunities ...
28 Mar 9:32 am
... of control and has become dominated by corporate agribusiness and powerful insider lobbyists. Regulators at the FDA, USDA and other
agencies have fallen short in their public safety responsibilities. The public outcry over this situation has ... Since the majority of all food contamination problems have
emanated from processing, distribution, retailing, and food service, there is limited utility in requiring agricultural producers to go to the great expense of tracking each
individual animal (any ...
23 Sep 10:26 am
... the 66th annual National Farm Safety Week, and as such the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is joining with the National Safety council and the National Educational Center For ... safety by making
various safety article and public service announcements available. You can view these by clicking here. According to the news release by the CSREES, the agency "supports farm safety initiatives through the AgrAbility Program and ...
27 May, 2007 2:06 pm
... to make plastics were traced. Kenneth Petersen of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service stated, "That meat is safe for human
consumption. Therefore, it's no longer being held on those farms. Melamine does not accumulate in pork and ... kidneys." According to the USDA and the FDA, melamine was added to wheat flour before it was imported from China. Both agencies are investigating the contamination in China.
Chinese officials have arrested at least one processing plant manager. The flour from ...
6 Oct 3:09 pm
... DC 20250-0002 Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to strongly urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) to investigate the disturbing allegations that were revealed in Sunday's New York Times article about the beef inspection ... to this matter and I look forward to
working with you on this issue. Sincerely, ROSA L. DeLAURO Chairwoman House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies
15 Sep 2:49 am
... for losses not covered under other Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance programs established by the 2008 Farm Bill, specifically
LFP, the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program ... 2005, 2006 and 2007). For more information or to apply for ELAP or LFP and other
USDA Farm Service Agency disaster assistance
programs, please visit your FSA county office or www.fsa.usda.gov. 5- to 8-year-olds spit crickets … just like their parents MARSHFIELD, ...
17 Sep 8:28 am
... USDA's efforts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which include: USDA's Rural
Development has helped guarantee 1,604 loans worth more ... have access to the capital they need to keep rural communities strong. USDA's
Farm Service Agency is providing $5.21 million through 111 Direct Operating Farm ... projects. Community Facility Grants will allow towns across Oklahoma to purchase critical emergency service vehicles and equipment, build
Emergency Operations Centers and community centers. ...
21 Oct, 2008 4:54 pm
... the United States'ability to respond to and recover from a major disaster that could result in a prolonged loss of infrastructure services
expanding beyond a local area. "The Desired Outcome is to identify areas that are impediments to: Private sector and local/state government ... address this need, the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the USDA Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service, initiated a study to develop and apply approaches to quantify changes in ...
21 Oct 11:04 pm
... else, who signed up for ACRE? According to the preliminary statistics released by USDA's Farm
Service Agency, FSA offices were not doing "land office" business ... up and they accounted for only 13% of eligible program crop acres.
USDA's announcement of the enrollment provided little surprise about the location of those signing up ... not follow their lead, and were
reluctant to step into the new farm program. Was farmer reluctance to enroll in the program based on: 1) The complexity of the ACRE formula ...
14 Feb 3:49 pm
... cut production and terminate the contract early. And, then there is the risk of processor bankruptcy. Consider the problem faced by one of the farm families described in the article. Young Arkansas farmers Darris Dixon and his wife built three chicken houses on their ... a half a million dollars to a
farmer with a contract that only guarantees an income stream for a month or two at a time. Some of the loans are guaranteed by the USDA's
Farm Service Agency, but that is a story for another post . . .
6 Nov 1:41 pm
... and by refusing to restructure loans in bad years as done for whites." The loans in question are administered by the USDA's Farm Service Agency. The agency is supposed to issue the loans to
farmers and ranchers unable to get credit from ... as it has fought the Indian lawsuit in court." In addition to damages, the plaintiffs are also seeking to change the way
USDA loan programs are administered, "as well as a moratorium on foreclosures against struggling Indian farmers and ranchers." Following a ...
29 May, 2006 4:56 pm
No comment is needed on this Farm Service Agency press release. A excerpt: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced today that a firm under contract with its Kansas City Administrative
Office inadvertently released the social security and tax identification numbers of approximately 350,000 participants in the tobacco buyout program as part of a response to a number of
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
6 Apr, 2008 5:09 pm
... your local drainage laws, state water law and federal law under both the Clean Water Act and the Swampbuster provisions of the federal farm
programs. Given the potential penalties that maybe involved, it is always safest to obtain permission from local authorities as well as your Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation (NRCS) offices. Otherwise, you should contact an
attorney in your state that is familiar ...
2 Dec, 2007 9:21 pm
Per Dawson Farms, LLC v. Farm Service Agency, 504 F.3d 592, (5th Cir. Oct. 16, 2007)
The Eighth and Ninth Circuits have held that the 7 U.S.C. § 6912(e) ... that § 6912(e) is a prerequisite to a district court's subject matter jurisdiction in a person's suit against the
Secretary, the USDA, or any of its agencies, officers or employees. . . . [W]e now join the Eighth and Ninth Circuits in holding that §
6912(e) analogously codifies the jurisprudential doctrine of exhaustion and is not jurisdictional.
21 Apr, 2007 1:16 am
... with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The 63,000 people were awarded funds through the Farm Service
Agency (FSA) or USDA Rural Development (RD). "I was bored, and typed the name of my farm into Google to see what was out there," said Marsha Bergmeier, president of Mohr Family Farms in Fairmount, Ill. "I was stunned," she said of the
unexpected results which turned up on April 13. "The numbers were right there ...
26 Jul, 2008 5:48 am
... immediate and aggressive Congressional oversight and support of the Food Safety & Inspection Service of USDA, the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control. ... promptly report findings to local and state health departments and the CDC. Government agencies, at all levels, need
to learn to "play well together." Turf battles like those we see between state health departments and the USDA need to stop so we can track
illness to its source. Without effective traceback, ...
28 Jul, 2008 5:45 pm
... to the public. The principal federal agencies responsible for providing consumer protection are: 1. U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has the responsibility for ensuring that ... health. Tracing the implicated food back from consumption
through preparation, to distributors, and sometimes back to a field or farm can help determine how the contamination occurred, stop
distribution of the contaminated product, and prevent further outbreaks from occurring ...
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