USDA’s 100th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, “Cultivating the Future” will take place on February 15-16, 2024, at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. The forum is USDA’s longest-running and largest public event and aims to help our stakeholders understand and plan for the opportunities and challenges facing the agricultural sector at home and abroad. Each year it attracts more than 1,800 people in person, and nearly 5,000 virtual attendees from the U.S.…

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $700 Million to Connect People in Remote and Rural Areas to High-Speed Internet | USDA

USDA, DHS Cut Ribbon on National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility | USDA

Historic investments from Great American Outdoors Act will create thousands of jobs, improve infrastructure on our federal lands, and safeguard the environment WASHINGTON, May 11, 2023 — The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior today announced a proposed $2.8 billion in funding for fiscal year 2024 authorized by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to improve infrastructure, recreation facilities, federal lands access, and land and water conservation.Enacted in August 2020, GAOA established the National…

Biden-Harris Administration Invests $63M for Fuel Breaks to Protect Communities, Increase Firefighter Safety, as Part of Investing in America Agenda | USDA

USDA Asks Americans to Protect Plants by Looking for Invasive Pests in April | USDA

Independent Businesses Submitted More than 350 Applications for $3 Billion in Funding to Expand Domestic Fertilizer CapacityFirst Round of Awards Will Spur Competition and Give U.S. Farmers More Choices and Fairer Prices ORLANDO, Fla., March 10, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department received $3 billion in applications from more than 350 independent businesses from 47 states and 2 territories for the first two rounds of…