• A person has tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) virus (H5 bird flu) in the U.S., as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and reported by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on April 28, 2022. (cdc.gov)
  • During January 13, 2022, through April 27, 2022, USDA APHIS reported more than 899 detections of wild birds infected with HPAI A(H5N1) virus in 33 states [1]. (cdc.gov)
  • A second respiratory specimen from the same patient was collected on April 26, 2022, and tested negative for influenza viruses on April 27, 2022, by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Services. (cdc.gov)
  • USDA is committed to encouraging the development of new technologies and practices to ensure that U.S. agriculture is socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable for years to come," said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue . (usda.gov)
  • It is headed by the secretary of agriculture, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. (wikipedia.org)
  • The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture . (wikipedia.org)
  • Since February 24, 2021, the current secretary is Tom Vilsack , who had previously served as the 30th secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration . (wikipedia.org)
  • The position of secretary of agriculture was created when the department was elevated to Cabinet status in 1889. (wikipedia.org)
  • Did the 8th Circuit err in holding that the 1985 Beef Promotion & Research Act, and regulations promulgated there under which impose assessments on beef producers and importers to fund research, education, and promotional activities carried out by special administrative bodies created by Congress for the express purpose of furthering important governmental objectives under direct supervision of Secretary of Agriculture are unconstitutional and unenforceable? (thefire.org)
  • Whether the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture may constitutionally require handlers of California peaches, nectarines, and plums to fund generic advertising of those fruits. (thefire.org)
  • ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to the Standardization Section, Fresh Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW. (justia.com)
  • This website is managed by National Center for Agricultural Literacy at Utah State University (2023) and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under Agreement No. 2013-38858-21212 and the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization. (agclassroom.org)
  • In 2021 to best serve state departments of agriculture, NASDA has identified food systems and food safety , infrastructure and capacity , climate resiliency , international trade and workforce development as policy priorities to pursue. (nasda.org)
  • The United States Forest Service is the largest agency within the department, which administers national forests and national grasslands that together comprise about 25% of federal lands. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 297,000 mi 2 (770,000 km 2 ) of national forests and grasslands are managed by the United States Forest Service . (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). (usda.gov)
  • The United States Standards for Grades of Snap Beans is available either through the address cited above or by accessing the Fresh Products Branch Web site at https://www.ams.usda.gov/standards/ stanfrfv.htm. (justia.com)
  • The keys provide screening and identification support to cultivated palm pests known to occur, as of 2010, in the United States (continental U.S. and Hawaii) and Caribbean Islands. (apple.com)
  • Also included are pests of immediate concern to cultivated palms in the United States and Caribbean essentially those species that will likely move to this region in the very near future. (apple.com)
  • In 2011, APHIS established a new category of plants for planting whose importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis in order to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests into the United States. (usda.gov)
  • It aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ellsworth's interest in aiding agriculture was evident in his annual reports that called for a public depository to preserve and distribute the various new seeds and plants, a clerk to collect agricultural statistics, the preparation of statewide reports about crops in different regions, and the application of chemistry to agriculture. (wikipedia.org)
  • Jeswiet) was selected and evaluated by scientists at the USDA‐ARS, working cooperatively with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and the American Sugar Cane League. (researchgate.net)
  • was evaluated and selected by scientists at the USDA‐ARS, working cooperatively with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and the American Sugar Cane League, Inc. It was released to growers in Louisiana in 2012. (researchgate.net)
  • 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service [Docket Number FV-05-302] United States Standards for Grades of Snap Beans Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. (justia.com)
  • AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions to the United States Standards for Grades of Snap Beans. (justia.com)
  • The intended audience for these keys is non-experts working in the field within Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS), National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), and other national, regional, and state agricultural agencies/organizations with responsibilities associated with pest and disease survey and detection. (apple.com)
  • The New Jersey Agricultural Society's mission is to preserve and enhance agriculture, farming and related activities and businesses in New Jersey through educational, informational, and promotional programs. (njfb.org)
  • Sussex County Board of Agriculture is the local source for information relating to all things agricultural. (njfb.org)
  • Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. (nationmaster.com)
  • In other cases, a history of agriculture results in the establishment of vegetation that differs from pre-agricultural vegetation (Motzkin et al. (springer.com)
  • Control Union verifies that products have been cultivated according to sustainable production methods by means of supervising, testing, inspecting, assessing and finally certifying them as per the regulations EEC 834/2007, NOP of USDA (National Organic Programme of United States Department of Agriculture) and JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard). (organicindia.com)
  • The USDA's Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan programs, and manages conservation, commodity, disaster, and farm marketing programs in each U.S. State. (whitehouse.gov)
  • WASHINGTON (August 26, 2020) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Next Gen Fertilizer Challenges, a joint EPA-USDA partnership and competition to advance agricultural sustainability in the United States. (usda.gov)
  • The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station announce the release of carrot breeding population B951-1 designed to provide breeders with a source from which high quality, disease resistant inbreds can be extracted. (usda.gov)
  • Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the United States Department of Agriculture's proposed change to the existing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) time-limit waiver rule. (policymattersohio.org)
  • WASHINGTON, April 22 2013--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of two final rules and two proposals (one notice and one proposed rule) for comment. (usda.gov)
  • Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) detected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus in wild birds in the United States followed by multiple detections in U.S. commercial poultry and backyard bird flocks [1,2]. (cdc.gov)
  • A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (usda.gov)
  • The New Jersey Christmas Tree Growers' Association (NJCTGA) is a State organization of growers, professionals and allied industry leaders dedicated to the advancement of the latest information in the production, promotion and marketing of Christmas trees and related products. (njfb.org)
  • The following is a list of secretaries of agriculture, since the creation of the office in 1889. (wikipedia.org)
  • NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association which represents the elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of the departments of agriculture in all fifty states and four U.S. territories. (nasda.org)
  • In 1837, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth became Commissioner of Patents in the Department of State. (wikipedia.org)
  • On May 15, 1862, Abraham Lincoln established the independent Department of Agriculture through the Morrill Act to be headed by a commissioner without Cabinet status. (wikipedia.org)
  • When the Department of Agriculture was established in 1862, its executive was a non-Cabinet position called the commissioner of agriculture. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Census Data Query Tool (CDQT) is a web based tool that is available to access and download table level data from the Census of Agriculture Volume 1 publication. (usda.gov)
  • The Census of Agriculture provides the most detailed and comprehensive data about on agriculture in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands (collectively referred to the outlying areas). (usda.gov)
  • The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. (usda.gov)
  • We included infections that had illness and death in the United States: an estimated 1 fully serotyped Salmonella isolates that occurred from million cases, 20,000 hospitalizations, and 400 deaths 1998 through 2018 and excluded isolates confi rmed to occur annually ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The department includes several organizations. (wikipedia.org)
  • We represent Sussex County on the broader stage to organizations and State agencies. (njfb.org)
  • He actively served on the Board of Directors of United States Livestock Genetics Export Inc, Wyoming Rural Development Council, University of Wyoming-College of Agriculture Advisory Committee, and Governor Jim Geringer's Sub-Cabinets on Natural Resources and Economic Development. (whitehouse.gov)
  • cause illness related to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States and to foods disproportionately eaten then (e.g., turkey). (cdc.gov)
  • Lincoln called it the "people's department", owing to the fact that over half of the nation at the time was directly or indirectly involved in agriculture or agribusiness. (wikipedia.org)
  • William "Bill" Bunce brings decades of agriculture production and agribusiness experience to USDA's Farm Service Agency, having managed multiple large-scale Wyoming ranches, including livestock, sheep, and cattle feedlot operations. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Bunce has served the State of Wyoming as Marketing Director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture and as one of the foundational staff directors of the Wyoming Business Council serving in dual roles as Wyoming's Director of International Business and Agribusiness for 7 years. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Located on the National Mall between 12th Street and 14th SW, the department had offices for its staff and the entire width of the Mall up to B Street NW to plant and experiment with plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • State Directors lead offices that offer grants, loans, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services. (whitehouse.gov)
  • T monella species in the United States through passive hanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United surveillance of laboratory-confi rmed isolates. (cdc.gov)
  • USDA is a member of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, where it is committed to working with other agencies to ensure these mainstream benefits have been accessed by those experiencing homelessness. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the assisted procedure, public administration agencies coordinate, assist, and supervise the entire administrative process for investment approval and makes state-owned property needed for the investment available to the investor. (state.gov)
  • SAR authorities stated they encouraged aggrieved workers to file complaints and make use of government conciliation services as well as actively pursued reports of any labor violations. (state.gov)
  • The Labor Department effectively enforced these laws and regularly inspected workplaces to enforce compliance with the regulations. (state.gov)
  • We are ready to work with the Biden Administration to advance agriculture domestically and internationally, while ensuring America recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. (nasda.org)
  • Providing the means to evaluate certification programmes for organic agriculture & products as per internationally approved criteria. (organicindia.com)
  • The following sectors are defined as strategic sectors: mining and energy, transport, electronic communication infrastructure, urban waste industry, tourism, agriculture (large farms) and fishing, economic zones, and development priority areas. (state.gov)
  • In 2013, across 26 states, DC, and Puerto Rico, the proportion of respondents who reported both taking action and receiving advice to reduce sodium intake varied, with generally higher proportions in states in the Southern U.S. Census Region, Missouri, some states in the Northeastern U.S. Census Region, and Puerto Rico. (cdc.gov)
  • The United States Standards for Grades of Fruits and Vegetables not connected with Federal Marketing Orders or U.S. Import Requirements, no longer appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, but are maintained by USDA/AMS/Fruit and Vegetable Programs. (justia.com)
  • AMS is proposing to revise the voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Snap Beans using procedures that appear in Part 36 Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR Part 36). (justia.com)
  • The USDA organic certification verifies that all United States Department of Agriculture regulations, requirements and specifications are adhered to. (organicindia.com)
  • Available information on international, national, and state regulations and standards of pyrethrins and pyrethroids is presented in Table 8-1. (cdc.gov)
  • The second challenge, the Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge, aims to generate new concepts for novel technologies that can help address environmental concerns surrounding agriculture practices while maintaining or increasing crop yields. (usda.gov)
  • The developer, United States Department of Agriculture-APHIS , has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. (apple.com)
  • The Court concluded that extending the class-of-one theory to the public-employment context would lead to undue judicial interference in state employment practices and invalidate public at-will employment. (justia.com)
  • Whether a California state law that prohibits the release of arrestees' personal addresses if used for commercial purposes, but allows the release of such information for other purposes, violates the First Amendment. (thefire.org)
  • In 1868, the department moved into the new Department of Agriculture Building in Washington, designed by famed D.C. architect Adolf Cluss. (wikipedia.org)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) may be giving hemp farmers the gift of great news just before Christmas. (cbdtoday.com)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the comment period for its interim final rules regarding the U.S. Domestic. (cbdtoday.com)
  • This differential treatment raised a concern of arbitrary classification, and therefore required that the State provide a rational basis for it. (justia.com)
  • Information about the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ) is dedicated to supporting organic food and agriculture in New Jersey through education, technical assistance, and policy action. (njfb.org)
  • It is one of the most comprehensive and demanding certification systems to ensure absolute commitment to Organic Certification qualifications as established by the United States Department of Agriculture. (organicindia.com)
  • The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service . (wikipedia.org)
  • [3] The Food Stamp Program works with the states to provide food to low-income people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cultivable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. (nationmaster.com)
  • For that reason, we oppose restricting state ability to provide food aid to unemployed and underemployed childless adults living in distressed areas with limited job opportunities. (policymattersohio.org)
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should not make it harder for low-income people to access food. (policymattersohio.org)
  • FSIS relies on independent validation by certified entities to ensure that methods used for official sampling programs, such as state or foreign inspection systems, have appropriate specificity, exclusivity, and sensitivity to be able to detect low levels of potentially injured bacteria that may be present in food samples. (usda.gov)
  • It has been used in the United States since it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993, but its use is not permitted in the European Union, Canada, and some other countries. (cancer.org)
  • Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the Director of the Textile Research Department, Thomas D. Efland. (clemson.edu)
  • Agriculture -- Research -- South Carolina. (clemson.edu)
  • Cotton -- Research -- United States. (clemson.edu)
  • Guest post by Amanda K. Rinehart, MS, MLIS, Life Sciences Librarian and Associate Professor for the Department of Research and Education, University Libraries, at the Ohio State University. (nih.gov)
  • This study describes six U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that accelerate the development and use of automation or mechanization in the production or processing of specialty crops. (usda.gov)
  • For states that implemented the module, these results can serve as a baseline to monitor the effects of programs designed to reduce sodium intake. (cdc.gov)
  • The NOLs were intended to provide domestic establishments with supporting documentation regarding the reliability of verification testing results and were not intended to replace validations conducted by third-party independent certification entities (such as AOAC, AFNOR, MicroVal, or NordVal) that are required for test methods used as part of official sampling programs, such as for state or foreign inspection systems. (usda.gov)
  • In 2015, the US Department of Agriculture set minimum education and training requirements (ie, professional standards) to ensure that school nutrition professionals have the knowledge and experience to operate school meal programs. (nih.gov)
  • To support strategies to reduce dietary sodium intake, 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data from states and territories that implemented the new sodium-related behavior module were assessed. (cdc.gov)
  • Also see the Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Report at https://www.state.gov/trafficking-in-persons-report/ . (state.gov)
  • Waivers are an important policy option for states to reduce hunger in distressed areas. (policymattersohio.org)
  • Search Results - 'United States. (tamu.edu)
  • Use the search filters at the left to find specific program, tribal, state/territory or regional contacts. (usda.gov)
  • They bring deep expertise in their issue areas as well as critical relationships with federal, state, tribal, and local leaders. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Business interests sought a Department of Commerce and Industry, and farmers tried to raise the Department of Agriculture to Cabinet rank. (wikipedia.org)
  • The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Committee is headed by the prime minister and members include ministers covering the respective strategic sectors, the state advocate, and relevant ministers whose portfolios are affected by the strategic investment. (state.gov)
  • To boost investments in strategic sectors, the GoA approved a new Law on Strategic Investments in May 2015 that outlines the criteria, rules, and procedures that state authorities employ when approving a strategic investment. (state.gov)
  • In the ensuing years, agitation for a separate bureau within the department or a separate department devoted to agriculture kept recurring. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1849, the Patent Office was transferred to the newly created Department of the Interior. (wikipedia.org)
  • The CIP will consolidate and harmonize the various conditions that APHIS imposes on holders of PPQ 588 permits to reduce the possibility of bringing a pest into the United States along with the plant material. (usda.gov)
  • NASDA grows and enhances American agriculture through policy, partnerships and public engagement. (nasda.org)
  • NASDA congratulates President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration as the 46th President and 49th Vice President of the United States of America. (nasda.org)
  • Fire ants are thought to have arrived in the United States between 1918 and the 1930s from South America by ships that docked in Mobile, Alabama. (medscape.com)
  • Positioning the United States as a major architect of a sustainable and resilient CCE is critical for maintaining economic competitiveness in the future, and DOE and USDA will use stakeholder input from this workshop to develop a federal roadmap that identifies the technical advancements needed to realize the CCE. (energy.gov)
  • Seed from the third recurrent cycle of selection grown in a screen cage isolation at Madison in 1981 will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to carrot breeders and seedsmen who address a written request to C. E. Peterson, USDA, ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, before April 1, 1983. (usda.gov)
  • The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening the door for farmers across the country to cultivate hemp. (cbdtoday.com)
  • The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will convene a summit to consider the challenges, opportunities, and needs involved in realizing the CCE. (energy.gov)