by MBJ Staff Published: December 4,2011
Tags: USDA
Oby Easley of Clarksdale is retiring after 27 years of service as county director of USDA-FSA in Coahoma County. Stovall is retiring after serving as location coordinator of the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. [...]
by Wally Northway Published: June 5,2011
Tags: Fish farming environments, inspection, Lester Spell, National Fisheries Institute, The Catfish Institute, USDA
The latest round in the three-year heavyweight political battle that involves U.S. farm-raised catfish, food safety, government spending and international diplomacy is in the books. Who won, who lost and where the domestic catfish industry goes from here is yet to be determined. The last week of May, two public comment hearings were held — the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 1,2011
Tags: biofuels, Braemar Energy Ventures, Canada, Cycle Capital, Enerkem Inc., Ethanol, Memorandum of Understanding, methanol, Mississippi, Mississippi Development Authority, old telephone poles, pilot facility, Pontotoc, Quebec, Rho Ventures, syngas, Three Rivers Landfill, treated wood, U.S. Department of Energy, USDA, Vincent Chornet, waste management, work force training
From staff reports CHICAGO — Enerkem Inc., a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company based in Canada, announced today an additional $60 million in financing for its Pontotoc, Mississippi plant, on which the company expects to break ground later this year. The plant will be located within the Three Rivers Landfill and convert trash to methanol [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: June 2,2010
Tags: catfish, food safety, USDA
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has indicated that he wants the Obama Administration’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service to support implementation of a federal law to begin inspections of catfish. Cochran serves on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee that conducted a confirmation hearing on the nomination of [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 1,2010
Tags: agriculture, Pigford, racial discrimination, USDA
On Feb. 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement to resolve longstanding civil rights claims against the USDA. While the settlement agreement includes a March 31 “opt-out” provision for the plaintiffs, the two departments say they remain committed to resolving this issue in the weeks [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 4,2010
Tags: agriculture, international trade, TAA, USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to help American agricultural producers adjust to the current, challenging economic environment. In August, USDA requested public comments on a proposed rule for establishing the procedures and eligibility criteria for receiving assistance. Comments focused on payment limitations and adjusted gross [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 3,2010
Tags: catfish, Congress, Thad Cochran, USDA
WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is questioning how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects to use its budget to address farming and agriculture issues in Mississippi, including pending catfish inspection regulations and settling longstanding discrimination claims by African American farmers. Cochran serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee that March 2 received testimony [...] [...]
ABERDEEN — William T. “Tommy” Tacker has been convicted of defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money for a plant in Mississippi. Tacker was convicted Wednesday in federal court in Aberdeen and faces up to 50 years in prison. Testimony began Monday in the case of the 56-year-old Tacker, who [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 19,2010
Tags: agriculture, discrimination, USDA
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced the successful resolution of the longstanding litigation known as Pigford II. The settlement agreement, which is contingent on appropriation by Congress, will provide a total of $1.25 billion to African American farmers who alleged that they suffered racial discrimination in U.S. [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: February 15,2010
Tags: animal sciences, student loans, USDA, veterinarians
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken the first step toward implementing a plan to address veterinary shortages throughout rural America by repaying the student loans of qualified veterinarians in return for their services in areas suffering from a lack of veterinarians. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) administers the [...] [...]
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