Items Tagged with 'Agricultural Marketing Service'

Less than 1% of tested fruits and vegetables tested in 2020 had pesticide residues above EPA-established tolerances, and 30% had no detectable residue, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service said in its latest annual data report.

President Biden is meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., this week in a bid to address the key lawmaker’s concerns about the administration’s Build Back Better bill.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is making money available through programs aimed at boosting the specialty crop industry.

USDA must try to address the severe labor shortage afflicting agriculture as a whole, including the meat industry, numerous commenters told USDA as it determines how to spend $500 million to increase capacity in the sector.

The Department of Agriculture posted new documentation Tuesday that will serve as guidance for how it regulates livestock markets while USDA develops more detailed rules.

Jenny Lester Moffitt has been confirmed as undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at USDA, where she will oversee the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

USDA is providing a fresh update on its plans for issuing some widely anticipated new regulations.

The $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that Senate Democrats are putting together could have significant implications for agriculture when it comes to taxes and climate policy. One aspect to watch: A proposed border adjustment tax on carbon.

U.S. peanut farmers were enjoying an expanding market in the European Union until government officials there decided to tighten up restrictions in 2019. Now U.S. exports are about a third of what they were and shipments are falling fast as American farmers try to make their case to European regulators and plead for help from the Biden administration to help regain the lucrative market.