Program Updates

Fifty-six states and territories have been awarded funding to administer the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) Program. The awarded Individual state and territory agencies are also running competitive Requests for Applications (RFA) to fund Infrastructure Grants and Equipment Only Grants. Interested applicants must apply through their state department of agriculture. Please use the the RFSI State Grants Status link below and select your state from the list.

1 p.m. CT on Friday, June 16, 2023, at the USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center located on the campus of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Loeffel Meat Science Laboratory, Lincoln, NE 68583. Registration is not required.

4 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center located on the campus of West Texas A&M University at 2513-2579 4th Ave, Canyon, TX, 79016. Registration is not required.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will host a series of cattle industry listening sessions in the coming months to gather stakeholder feedback on the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program (Pilot). These new sessions will be held at locations in key cattle producing states and will provide an opportunity for interested stakeholders to attend either in-person or virtually.

Docket Number: AMS-SC-22-0089
Dates: The referendum will be conducted from May 8 through May 30, 2023. Only current pear growers who grew pears within the designated production area during the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, are eligible to vote in this referendum.

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