U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of seven members to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Six of the seven appointees will serve three-year terms, effective immediately, through June 30, 2023. The other appointee will serve the remaining two-year portion of a vacant position, effective immediately, and expiring June 30, 2022.

The newly appointed members are:

Monica Massey, Kansas City, Missouri (Region 2);

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is seeking comments on a proposal for a new national Pecan Promotion, Research and Information Order.

A 17-member board would administer the proposed order. The board would be responsible for carrying out activities including plans and projects regarding promotion, research, information and education to help maintain and expand markets for pecans.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is updating the procedures for the Instrument Enhanced Grading program for beef carcass grading as outlined in Quality Assessment Division (QAD) 511. These updated procedures, effective September 21, 2020, state the requirements for establishments that wish to use plant personnel to apply USDA’s Beef Grading Standards using approved instrument technology.

Docket Number: AMS-NOP-20-0037
Date: September 17, 2020

Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) remains committed to keeping our clients informed about changes to procedures directly affecting the USDA Export Verification Programs.

The AMS Livestock and Poultry Program recently revised two procedures which are now available on the AMS Export Verification website.

Docket Number: AMS-SC-19-0109
Effective Date: October 14, 2020

Summary

As required by the 2018 Farm Bill (pdf), USDA developed the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program to provide regulatory oversight of the cultivation of hemp in the United States.