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20 Jul 2022, 2:49 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Legislators also called upon the agency to issue a report concerning its program to monitor and minimize COVID-19 infection on mink farms. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 7:21 pm
Under the leadership of President Obama and Secretary Vilsack, the Farm Service Agency is committed to diversity, inclusion and performance like never before, for the benefit of our customers and our employees. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 8:28 am by Todd Janzen
These forms are generally available at the local Farm Service Agency ("FSA") office.First -- what, exactly, is a wetland? [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service named its key achievements for 2021 that the agency claims highlight progress in its mission to prevent foodborne illness and protect public health. [read post]
18 Oct 2015, 9:37 pm by Patti Waller
PulseNet is the national subtyping network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories coordinated by CDC. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 1:31 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
"This bill takes the reasonable step of hitting ‘pause’ on the agency’s high-speed slaughter initiatives at least until the COVID-19 public health emergency has been brought under control. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 9:15 am by Bill Marler
Many Salmonella reduction strategies with proven effectiveness, particularly on-farm, are not applied by major U.S. companies. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 10:54 pm by Stu Ellis
” 8) Farm Service Agency Discretionary Conservation Programs would lose all $5 million. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
They met with Ashley Peterson, senior vice president of the National Chicken Council and Lampkin Butts from Sanderson Farms. [read post]
10 Jun 2012, 11:24 pm by Stu Ellis
  Then USDA’s Risk Management Agency created new and improved crop insurance policies that ended up being guaranteed income and the majority of farmers were signing up. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service deregulated Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfalfa--otherwise known as a Finding of No Significant Impact--the agency did not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, which environmental groups maintain is a violation of federal law. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 11:58 am by Judicial Watch Blog
Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to an agency announcement issued this week. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 2:59 am
Earlier this month, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a two-year pilot project that would farm out the responsibility for studying environmental assessments of proposed biotech crops, such as Monsanto's Round-Up Ready alfalfa, to those companies themselves, or USDA-approved third parties. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 10:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Farm Service Agency is offering the loan in response to an application the county filed in September, hoping to get a grant.The interest rate for the loan will be either 4.6 percent, or the rate at the time of loan closing if it is lower. [read post]
23 Mar 2021, 9:05 pm by Guest Contributor
Robach recommended that the USDA enhance the role of risk-assessment in its oversight system — possibly by creating a new, independent risk-assessment agency — and update its current inspections program to account for these varying risks rather than keep its current “one-size-fits-all” program. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 11:40 am by kblocher@hslf.org
The agency also committed to reconsider the previous administration’s position on the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule finalized during the Obama administration, which in our view was one of the most important rules to establish better living conditions for farm animals to ever come out of a federal agency. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 1:47 pm by Lydia Zuraw
The agency also has to begin publishing periodic updates summarizing progress in adoption of the policy. [read post]
23 May 2019, 8:50 am by Sara Amundson
We have been fighting for this outcome since the agency abruptly purged this information from its website in February 2017, leaving Americans in the dark. [read post]
23 May 2019, 8:50 am by Sara Amundson
We have been fighting for this outcome since the agency abruptly purged this information from its website in February 2017, leaving Americans in the dark. [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 6:58 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees farms and food processing plants, it does not have the power to enforce standards for the levels of salmonella present in poultry, and it rarely takes action to shut down plants with unsanitary conditions. [read post]