The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors is accepting grant proposals for the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (SPMGP). The SPMGP was established to foster improvements in the U.S. sheep industry. Proposals will be accepted  through September 15, 2021.

This year, the center budgeted approximately $300,000 to support projects that do one or more of the following: 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has revised the determination of whole peas pertaining to the class “Split Peas” in the U.S. Standards for Split Peas. Stakeholders in the pea processing and handling industry requested that AMS amend the interpretation of “whole peas” in the Split Pea inspection instructions by increasing the percent tolerance for the factor whole peas.