The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking six nominees for the Hass Avocado Board. Seats open for nominees are two producer and one importer seat for members and two producer and one importer seat for alternates. USDA will appoint members and alternates to serve three-year terms beginning Nov. 1, 2022.

Nominations for these seats are due to the board by March 30, 2022. The board engages an independent certified public accounting firm to conduct an industry vote to choose nominees to be considered for appointment by USDA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the National Honey Board to fill four member and five alternate seats whose terms will expire Dec. 31, 2022.  Nomination applications are due by June 1, 2022.

The National Honey Board is seeking nominees for one first handler, one importer, one producer, one marketing cooperative representative member, and their alternates to serve three-year terms in office. The board also needs one additional importer alternate position to serve a two-year term.

USDA’s Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity- Technical Assistance Program (MPPTA) ensures that participants in USDA’s Meat and Poultry Supply Chain initiatives have access full-range technical assistance (TA) to support their project development and success.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from state cattle associations or state general farm organizations interested in nominating beef, dairy or veal producers or importers to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Applications are due by April 18, 2022.

State cattle associations or state general farm organizations that wish to participate in nominating individuals for board membership must meet the following criteria:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders or first handler organizations interested in nominating members to the American Lamb Board. Applications are due by April 18, 2022.

State, regional or national organizations that wish to participate in nominating individuals for board membership must meet the following criteria:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from sorghum associations and farm organizations interested in nominating sorghum producers to the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board. Applications are due by April 18, 2022.

State, regional or national organizations that wish to participate in nominating individuals for board membership must be one of the following:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees to fill 14 positions as members on the Plant Variety Protection Board. Individuals appointed to the board will serve two-year terms beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept. 31, 2024. The board is an advisory committee established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service approves the GAC2700 Moisture Meter by DICKEY-john for use in the U.S. Official Grain Inspection and Weighing System beginning March 14, 2022.

Evaluation of  the GAC2700 provides equivalent results to currently approved moisture meters, GAC2500 by DICKEY-john and AM5200A by Perten Instruments.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Vegetable Products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.  Purchases will be made under the authority of the Build Back Better Initiative.

Offers may be solicited in the following forms: