Articles Tagged with ''USDA''

The three countries discussed trade, NAFTA, during the meetings.

Acting Under Secretary of Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs among positions filled.

Some appointees may not get confirmed until after the August recess.

Under terms of the deal, beef must be derived from cattle less than 30 months of age.

Department budget is cut $24 billion from 2017 levels; includes large cuts to hunger assistance programs, Agricultural Research Service labs.

NCC calls for end to China’s ban on U.S. chicken exports.

Secretary Perdue to create undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, to promote trade.

The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue at the 31st Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

$4.7 billion reduction involves cuts to “discretionary spending,” including food safety, rural development, research grants.

Perdue is a former two-term governor of Georgia and was a part of Trump’s agricultural advisory committee.