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Inspector General Report Reveals $4.1 Million Funding Gap in Agriculture Revolving Fund
A recent inspection conducted by the Office of the Virgin Islands Inspector General (OIG) uncovered a significant funding shortfall in the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture’s Revolving Fund.
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South Dakota's Lindberg nominated for Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs at the USDA
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — President-elect Donald Trump has added another South Dakotan to his team, this time in the agricultural realm. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump announced he will ...
Agri-Pulse19d
Trump picks Fordyce, Hoskins, Boren for USDA undersecretaries
Hoskins, who joined the Senate Agriculture Committee staff in 2021 after leaving USDA, would oversee the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. While at ...
AG Week20d
USDA video series pairs edible beans with buckwheat
The videos, part of a USDA-ARS segment called “Cooking with Science: Buckwheat and Beans," feature information about dry beans’ nutritional benefits and their wide variety of taste. From left ...
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USDA documented insects and slime at Boar’s Head plants, records show
The USDA inspector general is reviewing the agency’s handling of the situation. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether criminal charges are warranted. “The new records released by ...
Food Safety News21d
Poultry line speed changes could be in the wind for the new administration
One USDA program is going down to the wire with changes. The Food Service and inspection Service of the USDA has announced that it is extending its modified poultry line speed waivers so a study ...
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USDA documented insects and slime at Boar’s Head plants, records show
The U.S. Agriculture Department released the inspection ... “The new records released by FSIS should be considered by the DOJ, especially as they potentially point to a wider, systemic problem ...
Perham Focus21d
USDA and state grant to provide Bongards with $1.57 million grant, Manna in Detroit Lakes, $304,198
PERHAM — The U.S. Department of Agriculture partnered with Minnesota to award $9.5 ... Bongards Creameries is set to receive a grant of about $1.57 million. The press release stated, the dairy ...
Mint22d
US corn futures hit 1-yr high after USDA tightens supply view
CBOT March wheat finished up 14-1/4 cents at $5.45 a bushel. Grain futures were jolted higher on Friday after the USDA slashed its estimate of the U.S. 2024 corn crop to 14.867 billion bushels ...
Business22d
USDA grants $1.8M to 10 Puerto Rico entities for clean energy systems
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it has approved a combined $1.8 million in grants to 10 Puerto Rico-based entities to develop projects that expand access to clean energy systems ...
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Taquitos sold at Pennsylvania Aldi’s recalled after customer complains of ‘dental injury’: USDA
“Another consumer reported to FSIS to have a dental injury from the product.” The Casa Mamita taquitos were sold at select Aldi markets nationwide, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and ...
Healio23d
USDA enrolls 15 more states in H5N1 milk testing program
according to the USDA. Of the 28 states the agency has enrolled in the program: 11 are in stage 2, which includes state-level bulk tank sampling programs already; two states are in stage 1 ...