The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act... January 30, 2024 | View as Webpage Support Federal Protections for the Monarch Butterfly Sign on to Xerces' public letter advocating for strong protections under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. …
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January 28, 2025 | View as Webpage Species from the Karner blue butterfly to the American burying beetle have all seen their conservation efforts improve thanks to being listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. While the process of listing a species can be slow, small conservation actions in our …
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Hong Kong is Asias’s culinary capital and the eight-largest export market for U.S. consumer-oriented agricultural and food products. USDA Accepting Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Hong Kong WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is now accepting applications for its agribusiness trade mission to Hong Kong, scheduled for …
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USDA Trade Mission to Expand Exports in Thailand, Southeast Asia WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spearhead a trade mission to Bangkok, Thailand, from Feb. 3 - 6, 2025, to expand agricultural exports and strengthen trade ties in Southeast Asia. The mission includes nearly 40 agribusinesses, trade organizations, and representatives …
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USDA Trade Mission to Expand Exports in Thailand, Southeast Asia WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spearhead a trade mission to Bangkok, Thailand, from Feb. 3 - 6, 2025, to expand agricultural exports and strengthen trade ties in Southeast Asia. The mission includes nearly 40 agribusinesses, trade organizations, and representatives …
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will begin to accept and process notifications for the introduction of certain modified plants that meet the regulatory definition of “regulated article” under 7 CFR 340 (2019) on February 7, 2025. We are restarting the notification procedure following a December 2, 2024, …
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plus the latest news from AGW View as Webpage Photo Credit: Tamarack Farms in Roseneath, Ontario Dear Dennis, Greetings in the new year! With both the California wildfires and winter storms across parts of North America, we hope you are safe. Please remember your weather-related emergency planning—and if you’re an AGW-certified producer and you …
Media Contact: APHISpress WASHINGTON, January 17, 2025—As part of its ongoing, multi-faceted efforts to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today is updating its policy for pre-slaughter surveillance to enhance testing of turkey flocks in affected states. In late December 2024, APHIS became aware …
USDA Identifies 2025 McGovern-Dole Priority Countries The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its administration of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole), is the largest global donor to school feeding efforts, providing U.S. agricultural commodities, funding, and technical assistance to reduce hunger, support nutrition, and improve literacy and primary education, …
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Dear Stakeholders, Each year, we have the honor of sharing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services’ (APHIS) achievements through our Impact Report. Despite facing many challenges, including the continued response to highly pathogenic avian influenza, APHIS ensured that our mission to protect the health and value of America’s agricultural and natural resources continued. Our …
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