Imagine the impact your gift can make. View as Webpage Dear Dennis, Unprecedented heat waves. Drought-fueled wildfires. Extreme storms and flooding. Weather patterns are intensifying as climate change shapes our new reality. Now add to that the challenges of ongoing inflation, supply chain disruptions, processing plant backups, labor shortages and an ongoing global pandemic. …
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USDA Funds Six International Research Projects on Climate-Smart Agriculture
USDA Funds Six International Research Projects on Climate-Smart Agriculture Contact: <a href="mailto:press-FAS WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is awarding $300,000 to six U.S. universities – including three minority-serving institutions – for research and educational partnerships focused on climate-smart agriculture in tropical countries, FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley announced …
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Free Webinar: Navigating Avian Influenza: From Prevention to Recovery
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hosting a free webinar called “Navigating Avian Influenza: From Prevention to Recovery” on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 2:30-3:30PM EST. Learn from USDA and other experts about how to keep your flocks safe from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This session …
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New from Benefits.gov: FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance & More
September 16, 2022 What You Need to Know About FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance
USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Tennessee
Contacts: APHISpress WASHINGTON, September 15, 2022 – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard flock (poultry) in Obion County, Tennessee. Samples from the flock were tested at the Kord Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, part …
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USDA Resumes Weekly Export Sales Reporting
USDA Resumes Weekly Export Sales ReportingTitle USDA Foreign Agricultural Service will resume weekly export sales reporting on September Thursday, September 15, 2022. The reports will be available online at: U.S. Export Sales | USDA FAS. This week’s release will include data for the previous four weeks: Data for weeks ending on August 18 and August …
Leave the Leaves, These Invertebrates Depend on It.
View as Webpage September 13, 2022 When the temperature starts to drop and flowers close up shop for the winter, it’s normal to wonder where all the little creatures have gone. For most invertebrates, the answer is that they’re still right next door. Your garden’s wild residents benefit immensely when you practice …
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NEWS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Now Accepting Applications for USDA ReC onnect Program Round 4 Funding through the Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Biden-Harris Administration Now Accepting Applications for $1 Billion Rural High-Speed Internet Program WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is now accepting applications for ReConnect Program loans and grants to expand access to high-speed internet for millions of people in rural America nationwide. The Department …
Webinar on HUD’s Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness
Webinar on HUD’s Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness Wednesday, September 14 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET In June 2022 HUD announced the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (Special NOFO), which makes $322 million in competitive funding available to communities …
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APHIS Issues First Regulatory Status Review Response: Norfolk Plant Sciences’ Purple Tomato
Media Contact: Rick Coker (301) 851-4091 richard.s.coker@usda.gov WASHINGTON, September 7, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reviewed a new tomato from Norfolk Plant Sciences. The tomato was modified to alter its color and enhance its nutritional quality. We found the plant is unlikely to pose …
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