About half of the funding for the district’s meal program will come from USDA meal reimbursements.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/district-51-to-opt-into-state-healthy-school-meals-for-all-program/article_e1078f16-d36d-11ed-9b70-33ee5de47e0b.html

According to the USDA, 84 percent of the state’s corn, 66 percent of cotton and 45 percent of soybeans had been planted as of May 14. While corn is slightly behind schedule, cotton and soybeans are ahead of last year’s crop progress.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/drought-watch-advisory-lifted-for-majority-of-virginia-planting-delays-minimal/

Additional price weakness was derived from a lackluster export inspections report from USDA yesterday.

Source: https://www.farmprogress.com/morning-market-review/soybeans-rise-argentine-weather-worries

After receiving multiple customer complaints, the USDA found the product might contain foreign metal within the meat.

Source: https://wibx950.com/ixp/39/p/ground-beef-recall-new-york/

A good part of that also comes out of Indiana, so it’s a great relationship to maintain,” says Don Lamb, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), who just returned from a USDA trade mission to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/hoosier-ag-today/isda-director-don-lamb-on-importance-of-recent-ag-trade-mission-to-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=isda-director-don-lamb-on-importance-of-recent-ag-trade-mission-to-japan

And does that include -- I know you mentioned that you put in a request to get a USDA organic certification.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4590091-edible-garden-ag-inc-edbl-q4-2022-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

And just in the last couple months, we've been able to achieve direct to market USDA certified processing under the Little Belt and Certified Montana beef brand.

Source: https://kmmsam.com/ixp/990/p/this-is-why-theyre-hoping-he-runs-for-us-senate-in-montana/

And the size of recalls can reach into the millions: In 2019, USDA reported 34 recalls of more than 16 million pounds of food, spurred in large part by a giant recall of nearly 12 million pounds of Tyson chicken strips tainted with pieces of metal.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-pieces-trader-joes-insects-fda-b2408740.html

A report released by the USDA stated that over half of America’s vegetable consumption comes from potatoes and tomatoes.

Source: https://www.healthcanal.com/nutrition/diet/most-nutritious-vegetables

As for reimbursement, Congress passed a law in 2022 requiring the USDA to replace SNAP benefits to people whose funds were stolen.

Source: https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-snap-benefits-link-card-food-stamps/13262458/

As you can see in the recent USDA economic research information bulletin, significant expansion has occurred in the United States across these crops.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4587121-american-vanguard-corporation-avd-q4-2022-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

But from slavery through Jim Crow, the USDA, and the banks – all these things put together means we are facing extinction.”

Source: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2023/07/14/biden-harris-administration-launches-2-2-billion-relief-initiative-to-support-black-farmers/

But people who like beef don’t want to forego their steaks and hamburgers, so one of the world’s largest producers is now selling “climate-friendly” beef, and it’s been USDA approved.

Source: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/12/11/beef-industry-carbon-footprint/

But we can’t grow without all of you who are here — the county commissioners, the legislators, USDA, and others.”

Source: https://www.clintonnc.com/news/93036/college-set-to-expand-with-2-3m-in-usda-grant-funding

By 2017, a USDA audit had discovered that Lolita's tank did not meet the legal size requirements according to federal law.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/miserable-50-years-worlds-loneliest-30740464

By partnering with rural communities and tribes, USDA Rural Development invests in our planet in many ways.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/usda-helps-with-local-climate-investments/

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced legislation to curb wasteful spending at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Source: https://kiow.com/2023/07/12/grassley-marshall-braun-introduce-bill-to-weed-out-wasteful-spending-at-usda/

For each objective, the draft strategy highlights actions that USDA, EPA, and FDA could take.

Source: https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/12/02/biden-harris-administration-announces-draft-of-the-national-strategy-to-reduce-u-s-food-loss-and-waste/

Free registration for this presentation is made possible by the support of Drax; the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Trailblazer RC&D.

Source: https://press-herald.com/spring-gardening-workshop-to-be-offered-february-14-at-bossier-parish-libraries-history-center/

Gillespie said construction documents for the new hospital have been approved by the USDA, the primary lender on the project.

Source: https://www.bethanyclipper.com/headlines/hcch-expects-new-hospital-to-be-completed-by-2025/