USDA Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2018—Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of six individuals to serve on the National Honey Board. Members and alternates newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: Douglas M. Hauke, Marshfield, Wis. (Producer Member) Mark A. Jensen, Power, Mont...

(Nashville, TN, January 8, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will ceremonially present today the findings of the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to President Donald J. Trump at the 2018 American Farm Bureau Annual Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. On...

Washington, D.C., January 4, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Committee Appointees. State committees are selected by the Secretary, serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, and are responsible for carrying out FSA’s farm...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of six members to serve three-year terms on the National Mango Board. Newly appointed are: Thomas Hall, Pico Rivera, Calif. (Importer) Jerry Garcia, Sr., Encino, Texas (Importer) Stuart Johnson, Hilo...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today issued a movement permit to Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole, a broker with Worldwide Gifts, Unlimited. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals, including 12 dairy producers and one importer, to serve three-year terms on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Their terms begin immediately and end on Oct. 31, 2020. Newly...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2017 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. In the first year of the Trump Administration, USDA made breakthroughs in agricultural trade, moved to reduce burdensome...

(Washington, D.C., December 20, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional passage of a conference report on tax cuts and reform legislation: “This is a once-in-a-generation reform of the federal tax code and it comes just in...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 27 members to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Twenty-five of the appointees will serve three-year terms. Two appointees will serve the remaining one-year portion of vacant positions...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2017 – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national program guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer...