Articles tagged under: Sonny Perdue

Perdue Says CFAP 2.0 Addresses Eligibility Concerns

Published Yesterday

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2.0 is meant to be an improvement over the first program. More commodities will be included in the program including sugarbeets, all wheat classes and turkeys. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the program also addresses eligibility…
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CFAP Details Coming This Week

Published September 5, 2020

USDA will announce details about the next round of coronavirus relief payments this week. During a stop in Iowa, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the rules will be announced before Friday’s deadline for enrolling in the current CFAP program. The…
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Senators Seek Food Name Safeguards in Trade Talks

Published August 9, 2020

Sixty-one U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking them to establish a core U.S. policy objective in all trade-related discussion regarding specific common food names. The Senators are urging the…
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Requesting a CFAP Sign-Up Extension

Published August 8, 2020

More than 25 agricultural associations are asking Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program sign-up deadline and update the program. The associations say the August 28 deadline may exclude eligible producers from participating and the extra…
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ND Groups Ask USDA to Adjust Haying and Grazing Deadline

Published August 6, 2020

Eight North Dakota agricultural organizations are asking Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to reconsider a decision to not adjust prevent plant haying and grazing dates. This would relieve pressure for farmers and ranchers holding animals due to a backlog at processing…
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Perdue Points to ‘Hostility’ of Ninth Circuit Court

Published June 12, 2020

The USDA is supporting the EPA’s decision to issue a cancellation order on dicamba. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals shouldn’t allow plaintiffs’ hostility against the American farmer to cloud the fact the EPA’s actions…
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Perdue: Producers Need Good Weed Management Tools

Published June 5, 2020

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue issued a statement regarding the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to vacate dicamba registrations. According to Perdue, producers need all the tools possible for their toolbox. Perdue also urged the EPA to use any available…
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CFAP Signup Set to Begin May 26, Program Details Released

Published May 19, 2020

Signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program will begin after Memorial Day on Tuesday, May 26. That is according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who says $16 billion in direct payments will be sent to farmers as soon as one…
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Biotechnology Policies Updated

Published May 15, 2020

USDA is making the first significant update to its biotechnology regs in more than 30 years. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said this will streamline and modernize the USDA regulatory system and facilitate science-based technologies.
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