Press Releases

03-15-2023USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Tennessee
03-13-2023USDA, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop Jr. Announce the Expansion of Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Georgia
03-06-2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions, Investments to Create Fairer Markets, Lower Prices
03-02-2023USDA Files Action Against James Corrado Inc., d/b/a Corrado Specialty Goods and Corrado’s Wine Grapes Inc. in New Jersey for Alleged PACA Violations
03-01-2023USDA Announces $7.5 Million Available in Grant Funding to Expand Markets for U.S. Agricultural Products
02-22-2023USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Jaime Chavira
02-22-2023USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Florida and New York From Operating in the Produce Industry
02-22-2023USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California and Michigan and Texas From Operating in the Produce Industry
02-21-2023USDA Restricts PACA Violators in California, Connecticut and Florida from Operating in the Produce Industry
02-16-2023USDA Files Action Against Frozen Food Development Inc. in Pennsylvania for Alleged PACA Violations
02-15-2023USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Indiana
02-15-2023USDA Removing Barriers to Becoming a USDA Foods Vendor with a New, Easier Financial Assessment Process
02-14-2023USDA Files Action Against Vantaggio Farming Corporation in California for Alleged PACA Violations
02-14-2023USDA Announces $133 Million in Grant Funding Available, including American Rescue Plan funds, through the Local Agriculture Market Program to Expand Local Food Systems
02-09-2023USDA Issues Payments from PACA Employment Bond
02-09-2023California Firm Posts Two $250,000 Employment Bonds
02-09-2023USDA Files Action Against US Fresh Corp. in New York for Alleged PACA Violations
02-08-2023USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals through Cooperative Agreement with Connecticut
02-06-2023USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
02-06-2023USDA Settles Packers and Stockyards Case with M&L Farms LLC, Jallaq Farms LLC and Othman Jallaq
02-06-2023USDA Settles Packers and Stockyards Act Case with Miller Livestock Inc.
02-06-2023USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Highlights 2022 Accomplishments in Support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Efforts to Transform America’s Food System
02-06-2023USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with SMBL Cattle Company LLC, dba J&J Livestock
02-06-2023USDA Settles Packers and Stockyards Act Case with Robert Lenz, d.b.a. Lenz Livestock
02-03-2023USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case with Kinderman Livestock LLC