Items Tagged with 'Stephen Vaden'

Union members at USDA’s Food and Nutrition Administration – formerly the Food and Nutrition Service, or FNS – are pushing back against criticism by the Ag Department’s deputy secretary that their demands during relocation negotiations are unreasonable.

The Agriculture Department will seek comment later this year on proposals aimed at aligning new federal dietary guidelines with school meal standards, Deputy Ag Secretary Stephen Vaden says. Rep. Randy Feenstra suffered a surprising defeat in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday, losing to businessman Zach Lahn despite a late endorsement from President Donald Trump.

U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden touts the Trump administration's trade deals with China and says the Asian nation is expected to follow through on its commitments. 

The cost and availability of fertilizer will be scrutinized at a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Tuesday. It’s the latest attempt by Washington officials to get a stronger grasp on what’s behind higher prices for crop nutrients and how to make the U.S. less reliant on foreign fertilizer markets. 

The Agriculture Department is renaming the Food and Nutrition Service and moving Washington, D.C.-area employees to several locations around the country, the department announced Thursday.

Discussions are ongoing within the Trump administration on whether to lift countervailing duties (CVDs) applied to Moroccan and Russian fertilizer imports, with the Agriculture Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative divided over how to proceed.

U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden reprimanded The Mosaic Company over the fertilizer producer’s decision to idle two phosphate mines in Brazil despite a severe strain on global supply of crop nutrients.