Articles tagged under: Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA Will Make Monthly Food Purchases for Food Banks
Published April 20, 2020
The USDA will be purchasing a combined total of $300 million each month in dairy, meat, fresh fruits and vegetables for food banks. In the next two weeks, the USDA will be taking proposals to supply commodity boxes to non-profit…AMS to Update Checkoff Regulations
Published May 13, 2019
According to a rule being published by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, beef and soybean farmers who don’t want state checkoff councils to receive half of every checkoff dollar will need to make monthly requests. Meanwhile, the checkoff issue is in…AMS Has a New Administrator
Published May 14, 2018
Bruce Summers has been appointed as the administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. Summers has been working at AMS for more than 30 years.