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14 Feb 2025
Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2025 — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins delivered opening remarks at the Department of Agriculture to more than 400 USDA employees, stakeholders, and congressional members and staff as they welcomed her to her first full day on the job.A recording of Secretary Rollins’ remarks can be found on the USDA w...
13 Feb 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13, 2025 — Brooke Rollins was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a private ceremony today at the Supreme Court building. The U.S. Senate confirmed Rollins by a vote of 72-to-28.
12 Feb 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 12, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack’s choice to modify the longstanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) obligation practice.
7 Feb 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 7, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture clarified today that the Foreign Agricultural Service is continuing activities for projects funded by the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Childhood Nutrition Program and the Food for Progress Program.
6 Feb 2025
Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the following statement commending Mexico’s action to declare ineffective measures concerning genetically engineered (GE) corn that the United States successfully challenged in the USMCA dispute. Today’s action safeguards approximately $5.6 billion in U.S. cor...