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Friday, May 26, 2023
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is approving the emergency use of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine to prevent further deaths of the critically endangered California condor.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters he.“didn’t see any new movement" at a meeting with President Biden and congressional leaders, but Biden said they agreed to continue talking.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is updating the processes for its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) around appraisals, land surveys and certifying eligible entities that help NRCS and producers enroll land into easements.
USDA unveiled 12 new Regional Food Business Centers Wednesday, funded with $400 million, that will provide technical and financial assistance to strengthen local and regional food systems, along with another $420 million in a new Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program to expand capacity and processing for non-meat and poultry products.
A bipartisan measure being introduced today in the House and Senate would increase the number of technical service advisers available to help farmers take advantage of USDA conservation programs.
Controlled environment agriculture leaders see legislative updates and regulatory changes as key ways to help the expanding industry deliver local, healthy foods that also offer nutritional, environmental and economic benefits.
The National Milk Producers Federation on Monday petitioned USDA on Monday to consider a comprehensive proposal to overhaul the way milk is priced under federal milk marketing orders.
