The USDA reaches a consent decision with Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. on Feb. 5, 2024, for violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

This grant is open to projects that support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products.

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Utah and West Virginia open their Request for Applications for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program.

Solicitations are available electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management system.

An investigation by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reveals the violators failed to maintain custodial accounts properly.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders or first handler organizations interested in nominating members to the American Lamb Board.

The secretary of agriculture appoints board members from nominations submitted by certified organizations.

USDA's AMS partners with Hawaii, Massachusetts, Indiana, South Dakota, Alaska and Illinois.

The grading program will bring 'a process developed in 1916 into the modern era.'  

The inventory included 7.2 million steers and steer calves.