The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reopening the comment period for the proposed revisions to the makeup of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. A proposed rule seeking comments on the proposed amendments was published in the Federal Register on September 21, 2021. The new deadline for interested parties to submit comments is July 25, 2022.

Docket Number: AMS-LP-22-0031
Comments Due: August 8, 2022

Summary

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an extension of the currently approved information collection used to compile and generate cattle, swine, lamb, boxed beef, and wholesale pork Market News reports under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.

Docket Number: AMS-FTPP-22-0046
Comments Due: The comment period for the notice originally published on June 8, 2022, at 87 FR 34814, is reopened. Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2022.

Summary

The NH Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food (NHDAMF) will collaborate with the NH Food Bank (NHFB) and its partners on the expansion of NH Feeding NH. NHDAMF will subaward procurement activities for this grant to the NHFB, which will use its NH Feeding NH program to distribute funds to its network of more than 400 partner agencies. The agencies, in turn, will purchase food from at least 170 identified producers, of whom at least 51% are socially disadvantaged.

The RI Department of Environmental Management will subcontract with Farm Fresh Rhode Island, who will in turn partner with Southside Community Land Trust, the African Alliance of RI, and the RI Food Policy Council to meet the following objectives, in alignment with the goals of the LFPA Program.