U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program. Producers who are now eligible and those who need to modify existing applications due to these updates can contact USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) between January 19 and February 26.
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President-elect Biden recently announced the selection of Marty Walsh to be labor secretary, Gina Raimondo to be commerce secretary, Michael Regan to be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, and Isabel Guzman to be the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator.
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In 2020, overall meat dollar sales increased 18.4% and volume sales grew 10.3% versus the same period last year, according to a recent report from 201 Analytics.
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The Sanderson Farms Championship on Tuesday presented a $1.45 million donation to Friends of Children’s Hospital, the fundraising arm for Batson Children’s Hospital, part of Children’s of Mississippi.
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Delmarva Chicken Association (DCA) has opened the application period for its 2021 College Scholarship Program, according to a press release this week. Applications are being accepted for undergraduate scholarships of $2,000 and graduate-degree scholarships of $3,000. Complete applications for these scholarships must be received by DCA no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021.
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Broiler production is reduced on recent hatchery and slaughter data, says USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.
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