Nearly $8 million in federal funding will support 17 meat processing projects in Montana, aiming to bolster Montana's agriculture producers and reduce consolidation in the meatpacking industry through expanding local meat processing capacity.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, providing up to $200 million for states to purchase local food for school feeding programs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders or first-handler organizations interested in nominating members to the American Lamb Board.
The U.S. Department of Agricultuire’s Rural Development is making available $150 million in grants to help meat and poultry processors expand their capacity and market options through the Meat and Poultry Processors Expansion Program (MPPEP).
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is allowing three pork plants to boost their processing line speeds this month as part of a trial program that started during the Trump administration.
USDA has announced an investment of approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities, and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program.
Farmers and ranchers now can anonymously report potentially unfair and anticompetitive practices in the livestock and poultry sectors using an online tool the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) launched.
United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Katherine Tai have announced that the government of India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade.
