🍏USDA 2027 Farm to School Census Data Collection Notice
The Department of Agriculture seeks public comments on the 2027 Farm to School Census, an initiative to gather national data on local food programs and their impact in schools. This census aims to enhance food and agriculture education by assessing state and school engagement, helping inform future USDA support and policies.
Learn More🌍USDA Updates List of Eligible Countries for RUS Programs
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture is issuing this notice to revise the list of eligible countries for purchases made by RUS Telecommunications and Electric Program awardees by adding Japan to the list of RUS Eligible Countries published on May 23, 2024, and to reflect the November 2023 RUS Eligible Countries published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as detailed in the Supplementary Information Section of this notice.
Learn More🍏Codex Alimentarius to Hold Meeting on Food Contaminants
The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on May 29, 2025. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items to be discussed at the 18th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CCCF18 will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 23-27, 2025. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 18th Session of the CCCF and to address items on the agenda.
Learn More📅Overview of Codex Alimentarius Public Meeting and Agenda
The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on May 1, 2025. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items to be discussed at the 34th Session of the Codex Committee on General Principle (CCGP) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), CCGP34 will be held in Lille, France, from June 2-6, 2025. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 34th Session of the CCGP and to address items on the agenda.
Learn More🌱Notification of Proposed FTZ Production Activity for Corteva
The Department of Commerce's Foreign-Trade Zones Board received a notification from Corteva Agriscience, LLC for proposed production activities in Valdosta, Georgia. The activities pertain to various formulated agricultural chemical products and may benefit from reduced duty rates, inviting public comment until May 5, 2025.
Learn More🍅Full Regulatory Review on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico - 2025
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a full review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether termination of the suspended investigation on fresh tomatoes from Mexico would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. The Commission has determined to exercise its authority to extend the review period by up to 90 days.
Learn More🌾USDA Amends Rural Development Funding Opportunities in 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (RD), which is comprised of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural Housing Service (RHS), announces that it is amending 14 program funding opportunities to remove references to the prior Administration's key priorities and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion)-related scoring criteria to bring them into compliance with the Executive Order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing", issued on January 20, 2025. This notice also confirms that previous Administration key priorities and discretionary points will not be considered during application scoring and makes clear that applicants who already have applied need not reapply. This notice also corrects the Rural Energy for America funding notice to include an omitted funding source.
Learn More🌱New Pyridate Pesticide Tolerances Established by EPA
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyridate in or on Pea, field, forage; Pea, field, hay; Soybean, forage; Soybean, hay; Soybean, seed; and Vegetable, legume, pulse, pea, dried shelled, subgroup 6-22F. Belchim Crop Protection US Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Learn More✈️Delay on User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Services
On May 7, 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published in the Federal Register a final rule amending the user fee regulations associated with the agricultural quarantine and inspection program. The final rule went into effect on October 1, 2024, with the exception of the removal of an exemption to the commercial aircraft user fee for small commercial passenger aircraft, which was scheduled to go into effect on April 1, 2025. In this document, we are issuing a postponement of the effective date of the removal of the exemption to the commercial aircraft user fee for small commercial passenger aircraft for 60 days, from April 1, 2025, to June 2, 2025.
Learn More🌲Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee Public Meeting Notice
The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with title II of the Act, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest within Shasta County, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
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