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Popular soup, bowl products may be contaminated; USDA issues public health alert

Beijing News 13 Apr 2025
Popular soup, bowl products may be contaminated; USDA issues public health alert. .
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USDA removes more than 1,000 training courses – including bullying and harassment – for ‘gender ideology extremism’ and DEI

The Spokesman-Review 13 Apr 2025
Included in the training eliminations were 860 USDA courses deemed “DEI criteria,” 82 deemed “defending women criteria,” and six courses deemed “environmental justice criteria.” ... It’s also unclear how the USDA decided which courses to scrub.
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USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 12 Apr 2025
Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm ... .
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Agricultural Producers Have Until April 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs ...

Yankton Daily Press 12 Apr 2025
HURON — Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2025 crop year have until April 15, 2025, to revise elections and sign contracts ....
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USDA funds are released

The Daily Nonpareil 12 Apr 2025
Previously frozen funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Office has been released, funding rural energy projects and infrastructure for selling ethanol blended fuels at gas pumps ... .
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USDA rural energy and ethanol infrastructure funding released

The Daily Nonpareil 12 Apr 2025
Previously frozen funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Office has been released, funding rural energy projects and infrastructure for selling ethanol blended fuels at gas pumps ... .
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Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine

National Public Radio 12 Apr 2025
The funds had been initially withheld following President Trump's clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the issue of transgender athletes. (Image credit. Robert F. Bukaty) ....
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Statement of Attorney General Frey on Court Granting Temporary Restraining Order in USDA Funding Case (Maine Attorney General)

Public Technologies 12 Apr 2025
). April 11, 2025. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Contact. Danna Hayes. [email protected]. The Attorney General issued the following statement following the Court's granting Maine a temporary restraining order..
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Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funding to Maine

Bangor Daily News 12 Apr 2025
granted Maine’s request for a temporary restraining order based on an argument by the state that the USDA froze funding “without following the process required by federal statute.”. The USDA began ...
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USDA cuts harm Inland Empire food banks, residents, Rep. Pete Aguilar says

Daily Bulletin 12 Apr 2025
In March, the USDA said the programs are a legacy of the coronavirus pandemic and no longer represent the agency’s priorities. “The COVID era is over — USDA’s approach to nutrition programs will ...
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Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students

Newsday 12 Apr 2025
PORTLAND, MaineA U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze Agriculture Department aid to Maine to comply with requirements under a law aimed at prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education ... Sign up ... Credit ... 0.46 ... 5.49.
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USDA Biden Appointee To Hold Town Halls Across SD

Yankton Daily Press 11 Apr 2025
SIOUX FALLS — Nikki Gronli, the former USDA Rural Development state director under the Biden Administration, will be holding town halls across South Dakota in April, the South Dakota Democratic Party has announced ....
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House backs bill that would create exemption for certain USDA relief payments

NWA Online 11 Apr 2025
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved a bill that would create an income tax exemption for certain disaster payments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ... .
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