Archive for February 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $770 Million for Rural Infrastructure Projects During Investing in America Tour
Edgecombe County, N.C., Feb. 21, 2024 – During a visit to Edgecombe County, N.C., a Rural Partners Network community, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and White House…
Read MoreGrains: Are Options Skews to the Upside Overvalued?
Investors tend to believe there are more upside than downside risks in grain markets despite the absence of compelling evidence to support that notion.
Read MoreBiden-Harris Administration Announces $500 Million to Confront the Wildfire Crisis as Part of Investing in America Agenda
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2024 — Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing nearly $500 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand…
Read MoreCommodities Sag on China's Economic Headwinds
Prices for a range of commodities that depend on Chinese demand have fallen from their 2022 peaks as the pace of growth in the world’s second largest economy slows down.
Read MoreAgriculture and Interior Departments Propose Changes to Strengthen Alaska Tribal Representation on Federal Subsistence Board
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2024 — The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior today announced a proposal to strengthen Alaska Tribal representation on the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB), which manages subsistence…
Read MoreOptions Reflect Limited Downside Risk in Equities
Investors in options are sanguine about overall risk in equities ahead and are also less concerned than usual about a potentially sharp drop in the stock market.
Read MoreUSDA Releases Updated Equity Action Plan
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 – Today, as we near the first anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support to Underserved Communities Through the Federal…
Read MoreBiden-Harris Administration Invests $20M for Indigenous Communities to Access Emerging Climate Markets as part of Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $20 million to support federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native corporations…
Read MoreAgriculture Secretary Vilsack Statement on the Release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offered the following statement today, following the release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Read MoreAs part of President Biden’s American Climate Corps, USDA Launches New Working Lands Climate Corps to Train Future Conservation and Climate Leaders on Climate-Smart Agriculture
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new effort to train the next generation of conservation and climate leaders. As part of…
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