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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. April 18, 2017 Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for public comment a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared in connection with a permit application for the field release of genetically engineered …

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You are subscribed to FSA News Releases for USDA Farm Service Agency. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFSA/bulletins/194c06b USDA Announces 2017 Cotton Loan Rate Differentials 04/17/2017 12:00 PM EDT WASHINGTON, April 17, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. April 12, 2017 Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced the postponement of an ePermits Planting Report Upgrade to allow our stakeholders enough time to adjust their work processes and systems. The revised …

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Protecting your poultry from HPAI, Organic Check-off, and We're Hiring! View this email in your browser INVITE FRIENDS TO RECEIVE THE GROWER'S TOOLBOX Dear Nahid, Early crops are here! Do you have a plan to handle your perishable products properly post-harvest? Every year growers start thinking about the growing season: what unique items to plant; …

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined it will extend deregulation to Bayer CropScience’s canola genetically engineered (GE) for male sterility and herbicide resistance. APHIS previously reviewed and deregulated these GE traits …

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Follow USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s #Fridaysonthefarm interactive stories each Friday! Visit local farms, ranches, forests and resource areas where NRCS and partners help people help the land. This Friday, NRCS travels to the East Quabbin Land Trust's Frohloff Farm in Ware, Massachusetts where a prescribed burn brings new growth to the 90 acre farm: …

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. April 7, 2017 Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces today our intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that will evaluate the environmental impacts that may result from the potential approval of a …

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To grow our food, farmers have to be incredible problem-solvers View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward INVITE FRIENDS Dear Nahid, Buying groceries at a big box store, it’s easy to forget the work that goes into growing your food, no matter how many pictures of pretty farm fields are used as decoration …

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You are subscribed to FSA News Releases for USDA Farm Service Agency. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFSA/bulletins/1921d58 USDA Authorizes Emergency Grazing in Response to President Trump's Directive 04/04/2017 12:30 PM EDT WASHINGTON, April 4, 2017 – The U.S. …

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