USDA Awards $1.2M Contract
The Basic American Foods plant in Blackfoot, Idaho, will be shipping 70,000 cases of dehydrated potato flakes from Jan. 15, 2022 through March 31, 2022. The company was awarded a…
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Progress Report Released for FY20 USDA ARS-State Partnership Potato Research Program
In each of the last 30-plus years, Congress has appropriated funds to USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to help solve specific production and disease problems of the U.S. potato industry….
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USDA Invests $700 Million in Grants For Farm Workers Impacted by COVID-19
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $700 million in competitive grant funding will be available through the new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) grant program to help farmworkers and…
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USDA Announces $11 Million in Grants Awarded to Strengthen Markets for U.S. Ag Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $11 million to 21 grant projects to strengthen and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. The funding is…
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New Infographics From the Farmers Market Managers Survey
The 2019 National Farmers Market Manager Survey was undertaken with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). NASS conducted the…
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New Book: Building Soils for Better Crops
Now more than ever, it is abundantly clear that healthy soils play an essential role in productive agricultural systems. Focusing on sustainable soil management has shown to increase farm and…
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AMS Buying Dehy Potatoes
The Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a solicitation for the procurement of 37,500 cases of dehydrated potato flakes. Offers are due August 26, 2021. SEE FULL SOLICITATION COMMODITY SPECS FOR DEHY…
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USDA-NIFA and NSF Invest $220M in Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $220 million investment in 11 new NSF-led Artificial Intelligence…
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Farmworkers the Focus of Senate Immigration Hearing
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing July 21 to discuss farmworkers in the United States, specifically focusing on provisions within the House-passed Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA). Members heard…
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