Archive for April 2019
USDA Census of Agriculture One Week Away
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2019) – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release the 2017 Census of Agriculture results on Thursday, April 11,…
Read MoreUSDA Announces Food Assistance for Iowa Flood Victims
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2019 – To aid Iowa residents impacted by recent flooding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)…
Read MoreUSDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H-2A Applications, Managing Loans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2019) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched two new features on farmers.gov to help customers manage their…
Read MoreUSDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2019) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched two new features on farmers.gov to help customers manage their…
Read MoreU.S. Natural Gas Liquids Drive Global Supply Growth
U.S. supply hits a record at the end of 2018 The U.S. has also maintained the top spot as the world’s largest supplier of liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs). LPGs, including…
Read MoreA Story of Success: The Evolution of TTF Trading
Source: Gasunie Transport Services and Statistics Netherlands’ Perhaps counterintuitively, derivative volumes on Dutch natural gas have gone in the opposite direction of domestic production: the TTF (“Title Transfer Facility” –…
Read MoreUSDA, EPA, and FDA Recognize April as Winning on Reducing Food Waste Month
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2019 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) kick off Winning on Reducing…
Read MoreUSDA Study Shows Significant Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Ethanol Compared with Gasoline
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2, 2019) — A new study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39 percent lower than…
Read MoreARS Announces Toxoplasmosis Research Review, Discontinues Research with Cats
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced its toxoplasmosis research has been redirected and the use of cats as…
Read MoreMoving Households? USDA Says Don’t Move Invasive Hungry Pests, Too
Secretary Perdue Proclaims April as ‘Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month’ (Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019) – Spring is a popular time to move, but unfortunately, people aren’t the…
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