⚡Updates to RUS Electric Borrowers' Accounting Requirements
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing a final rule with comment to update the accounting requirements for RUS Electric Program borrowers. These changes include adding new accounts to the Uniform System of Accounts (USoA), deleting obsolete accounts and clarifying instructions and definitions for the new and some existing accounts. In addition, new accounts and general instructions are being added for partially extinguished or forgiven debt.
Learn More🌱National Environmental Policy Act Corrections and Business Implications
This document corrects technical errors in the interim final rule that appeared in the July 3, 2025, Federal Register, titled "National Environmental Policy Act."
Learn More📊Request for Comments on Agricultural Resource Management Economic Surveys
The Department of Agriculture announces the submission for OMB review on information collection regarding agricultural resource management. It calls for public comments on the necessity and utility of this collection, which plays a critical role in assessing production practices, market conditions, and economic factors in agriculture.
Learn More🥛USDA Regulations on Dairy and Organic Products Information Collection
The USDA's notice outlines information collection requirements under the Agricultural Marketing Act. It emphasizes the importance of data on dairy market trends and organic product handling, which assists businesses in making informed marketing and production decisions within the agricultural sector. Adjustments to compliance practices are necessary for stakeholders in the dairy and organic industries.
Learn More🍬USDA Revises Sugar Marketing Allocations for FY 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2025 (crop year 2024) beet sugar allocations to sugar beet processors; state cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; and to reassign FY 2025 cane sugar marketing allocations to raw cane sugar imports already anticipated. These actions apply to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed in the United States from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) also announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2024, which runs from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025.
Learn More🌾New EPA Regulation on Cypermethrin Tolerances for Durian
This regulation establishes a tolerance action for residues of cypermethrin (CASRN 52315-07-8) in or on the food and feed commodities of durian. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide on in or on the identified commodity(ies).
Learn More🍬FY 2026 WTO Tariff-Rate Quotas for Sugar Established
The Foreign Agricultural Service announces the establishment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026) in- quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), and the establishment of the FY 2026 in-quota aggregate quantity of certain sugars, syrups, and molasses (also referred to as refined sugar) at 22,000 MTRV.
Learn More📊USDA's OMB Review for Agricultural Data Collection 2025
The USDA announces an information collection requirement under the Paperwork Reduction Act to gather comments on the necessity and effectiveness of data collection for agricultural statistics. This involves a pilot study for the June Area Survey, aimed at enhancing methodologies to support accurate agricultural data and inform policy decisions.
Learn More🍊New Triclopyr Pesticide Tolerances Impacting Agriculture
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of triclopyr, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on orange subgroup 10-10A. UPL Chile S.A. requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Learn More🌱New Pesticide Tolerances for Acetamiprid
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acetamiprid in or on multiple spice commodities that are identified and discussed in this document. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the American Spice Trade Association submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide in or on these commodities.
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