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USDA Commodities will be distributed on August 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Douglas Food Bank, 660 N. G Avenue.

The USDA is projecting a record national corn and soybean crop. In the Aug. 12 Crop Production Report, the agency says U.S. corn farmers are expected to harvest a record average of 165 bushels per acre to produce a record 13.4 billion bu. crop.

ST. JOSEPH - Sep 3/10 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Sep 3. WEEKLY NATIONAL GRAIN MARKET REVIEW Compared to last week, grain bids closed higher with soybeans trading slight to modestly lower.

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 2/10 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

LOTHIAN, Md., Sept. 2, 2010 – USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today met with students and staff at Southern Middle School to applaud their participation in Fuel Up to Play 60, an initiative that promotes better nutrition and increased physical activity.

USDA's authority to provide emergency assistance for its various disaster relief programs exists under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief, Emergency Assistance Act of 1987, Agriculture Secretary disaster declarations, Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as well as other authorizing legislation.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced research awards under a joint DOE-USDA program aimed at improving and accelerating genetic breeding programs to create plants better suited for bioenergy production.

Due to the potential threat from Hurricane Earl, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for residents in the American Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and on the mainland from North Carolina to Maine. FSIS urges those in the projected storm path to watch the storm closely in order to minimize possible foodborne illnesses as a result of power outages and other ...

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture is pumping $8.9 million into a new set of research programs that will use genomics and systems biology to improve upon and develop ways to get bioenergy from nonfood fibers in plants.

WASHINGTON - Sep 1/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for September 2010.