USDA Cattle and Carcass Training Centers
the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) established three regional Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation Training Centers (aka Cattle and Carcass Training Centers, or just Training Centers) in cooperation with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln , Colorado State University, and West Texas A&M University. The purpose of these Centers is to collaborate with industry and academia in providing educational and training opportunities to stakeholders interested in the official quality grading of feeder cattle, fed cattle, and beef carcasses in the United States.
Importing Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Using ACE
The U.S. Department of Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Marketing Order and Agreement Division (MOAD), invites you to a FREE live, interactive webinar on how to meet AMS’s Section 8e Import Requirements for fruits, vegetables, and specialty crops using the new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) interface from U.S.
Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order: Continuance Referendum
Docket Number: AMS-SC-19-0110
Dates: This referendum will be conducted by express mail and electronic ballot from October 12, 2020, through October 23, 2020. Persons who domestically manufactured and imported 100,000 short tons or more of paper and paper-based packaging during the representative period from January 1 through December 31, 2019, are eligible to vote in the referendum. Ballots delivered to AMS via express mail or email must show proof of delivery by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on October 23, 2020.