🍽️Child and Adult Care Food Program Payment Rate Adjustments Announced
This notice announces the annual adjustments to the national average payment rates for meals and snacks served in child care centers, outside-school-hours care centers, at-risk afterschool care centers, and adult day care centers; the food service payment rates for meals and snacks served in day care homes; and the administrative reimbursement rates for sponsoring organizations of day care homes, to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Further adjustments are made to these rates to reflect the higher costs of providing meals in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The adjustments contained in this notice are made on an annual basis each July, as required by the laws and regulations governing the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Learn More🍽️Annual Adjustments to School Meal Program Reimbursements
This Notice announces the annual adjustments to the national average payments, the amount of money the Federal Government provides States for lunches, afterschool snacks, and breakfasts served to children participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; to the maximum reimbursement rates, the maximum per lunch rate from Federal funds that a State can provide a school food authority for lunches served to children participating in the National School Lunch Program; and to the rate of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk served to non-needy children in a school or institution that participates in the Special Milk Program for Children. The annual payments and rates adjustments for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs reflect changes in the Food Away From Home series of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The annual rate adjustment for the Special Milk Program reflects changes in the Producer Price Index for Fluid Milk Products. Further adjustments are made to these rates to reflect higher costs of providing meals in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. The payments and rates are prescribed on an annual basis each July.
Learn More🌱USDA Notice on Plant Pest Regulation Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the Federal plant pest and noxious weeds regulations.
Learn More🌱National Environmental Policy Act Correction
This document corrects errors in the interim final rule that appeared in the July 3, 2025, Federal Register, titled "National Environmental Policy Act."
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🍬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🥛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🍬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🐾USDA Plans to Revise Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, this notice announces the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) intention to request an extension and revision of collection titled Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP).
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