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Statement by Secretary Vilsack on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget

The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and inflation down two-thirds—the Budget protects and builds on this progress by lowering costs for working...

USDA Opens New Office in Vietnam to Help Facilitate Increasing Agricultural Trade

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2018 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Hanoi, Vietnam. The office will play a vital role in helping expand the United States’ $2.5 billion-dollar...

USDA Improves Forest Health by Harvesting Biomass for Energy

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that more than 200,000 tons of biomass were removed from federal lands through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). BCAP, reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, provided incentives for the removal of dead or diseased...

Research Projects to Improve Plant Feedstocks for Bioenergy Production

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 10 projects that are being awarded funding aimed at accelerating genetic breeding programs to improve plant feedstocks for the production of biofuels...

Obama Administration Announces the First Five Promise Zone Designees

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2014 – The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today the five inaugural U.S. communities that have been designated as Promise Zones, an intensive and layered approach to revitalizing distressed communities. The Promise Zones...

Secretary Vilsack Announces Partnership to Advance Commercial Potential of Cellulosic Nanomaterial from Wood

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2013 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a public-private partnership to rapidly advance the development of the first U.S. commercial facility producing cellulosic nanomaterial, a wood fiber broken down to the nanoscale. The partnership...

Hurricane Milton

October 24, 2024

What USDA is Doing Visit the USDA Disaster Resource Center for information on how to prepare, recover and build long-term resilience during disasters and emergencies. 2024 Hurricane Season Press Releases Overall USDA Response FNS has already issued flexibilities and waivers at the request of the...

Hurricane Milton

October 08, 2024

What USDA is Doing Visit the USDA Disaster Resource Center for information on how to prepare, recover and build long-term resilience during disasters and emergencies. 2024 Hurricane Season Press Releases Overall USDA Response FNS has already issued flexibilities and waivers at the request of the...

USDA Provides Nearly $24M Boost for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young today announced a nearly $24 million investment across 45 organizations and institutions that teach and train beginning farmers and ranchers. “Investing in the professional development of our...

USDA Launches Great American Cotton Plan to Revitalize the Cotton Farm Economy

(Washington, D.C., May 28, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the Great American Cotton Plan, a comprehensive USDA initiative to strengthen the cotton farm economy, restore domestic textile manufacturing, expand cotton trade opportunities, and increase demand for...

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