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NRCS funds conservation innovation with $14.6 million investment in tools, technology development | Crops
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is awarding more than $14.6 million in grants to support the development of innovative systems, tools, and technologies for production and conservation on agricultural lands. Funds are provided through the Conservation Innovation Grants program, which awards grants to organizations, universities, and others that are developing innovations to support farmers, ranchers, …
USDA head cited for breaking law by backing Trump reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog agency has concluded that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue violated federal law in advocating for the reelection of President Donald Trump during an August visit to North Carolina. The Office of Special Counsel called on him to reimburse the government for costs associated with his participation in the event. The …
USDA issues public health alert for sausage products
CLOSE Public Health Alert (Photo: File) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a public health alert saying Bluegrass Provisions Co. of Crescent Springs, Kentucky, produced sausage products that may be contaminated with a disease-causing bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service did not request a recall because it is believed that …
Former USDA tech leader joins Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The non-profit Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, ICIT, has a new executive director. Someone already familiar to those in the federal information technology community. Joyce Hunter was deputy chief information officer for policy and planning at the …
2 pet cats test positive for COVID-19 in New York, USDA says
Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that has claimed more than 180,000 human lives globally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This comes after several lions and tigers contracted the disease at the Bronx Zoo earlier this month. The USDA …
RECALL: USDA issues public health alert for certain gyro strips, burger patties from imported Canadian beef
(WEEK) – The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert after some Canadian beef was recalled. Imported Canadian beef made into non-intact beef products may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. FSIS has identified that imported beef manufacturing trimmings produced on May 27 and 30, 2019 that are subject to …
Trump plan would kick more than 3 million people off food stamps
A Trump administration proposal would limit Americans’ access to food stamps by eliminating automatic enrollment in the program for poor families who receive welfare benefits. There are 3.1 million people who are eligible for food stamps because of this link, or about 8% of all people receiving food stamps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. …
Opinion: FDA overreach on gene-editing threatens US agriculture’s global technology lead | 2019-06-24
For more than a century, advances in science and technology have made the U.S. food supply the safest, most abundant and most affordable in the world. Our farmers have led the way in applying new developments in sanitation, robotics, GPS and scientific livestock breeding. But for the first time in our history, U.S. farmers are …
USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement on Friday. The wheat …