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USDA axes study into safer menstruation products, citing single reference to trans men
On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollin s bragged on social media platform X about the cancellation of a $600,000 grant for Southern University in Louisiana, touting that her department had ...
Newsday11d
USDA funding cuts to impact Long Island food banks, NYS schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week it was eliminating the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which had provided $420 million nationwide to food banks.
Newsday12d
USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.
Today12d
USDA cuts over $1 billion in local food purchasing for schools and food banks
The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school group ...
Marketplace11d
USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks
But that’s about to end. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it’s canceling the two Biden-era programs that paid for all that fresh, local food because it says they “no longer ...
Marketplace28d
Amidst USDA grant freeze, Georgia mushroom farmer faces funding uncertainty
“There are more challenges with, I’d say, overall, more risk if we don’t have those USDA funds and loans, we’re just going to move forward with it, and know that we’re going to make it ...
The Hindu12d
Agriculture gets rise in outlay; assured annual rain relief, seed subsidies and crop insurance proposed in Budget
Agriculture is among the key sectors to get ... superior variety of seeds at 75% subsidy for general farmers and 90% subsidy for SC farmers under crop diversification scheme.
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USDA $1B plan for bird flu, egg prices includes imports, ‘backyard chickens’
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it will spend $1 billion to tackle the bird flu in a campaign to address soaring egg prices that appears, in a departure for the administration ...
MSNBC12d
Trump's USDA secretary defends $1 billion cuts to funding for food banks, schools
The Trump administration is facing backlash from Democrats and school nutrition advocates over its recent decision to kill two federal programs that provided more than $1 billion in funding for ...
The Free Press Journal21d
Mumbai News: Bakeries Association Seek 1-Year Extension, Subsidies To Switch From Firewood To PNG; BMC, MGL To Assist With Infrastructure
Mumbai: The Bakeries Association has requested a one-year extension and financial subsidies to meet the ... to convert our firewood-based ovens to PNG is inadequate, particularly as we also ...
The Hindu28d
Bhatti urged to allocate special funds to agriculture allied sectors
Farmers Commission Chairman Kodanda Reddy met Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and urged him to allocate more funds to agriculture and its allied sectors in the ...