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California avocado growers are expected to harvest more than 300 million pounds this season. State and federal officials have killed tens of thousands of broiler chickens and turkeys.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture sent a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to support the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program.

Tom Vilsack was confirmed to return as Secretary of USDA in a 92 to 7 Senate vote last Tuesday, the job he held during the Obama Administration.

**The U.S. Apple Association has launched its application process for the 2021 Young Apple Leader class. The YAL program mission is to equip the next generation of American apple growers and emerging leaders with an understanding of how federal, regulatory and legislative issues directly affect their apple business...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between the USDA and the Department of Labor to help facilitate the identification of foreign and domestic workers

Sonny Perdue is pleased with the signing last week of the USMCA. A $2.4 million investment in a high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity.

In honor of National Nutrition Month®, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a new campaign to help simplify the nutrition information that surrounds us each day.

Rural broadband development and access, will be using CB radio radio spectrum and the FCC is overseeing the race of who will be claiming parts of that spectrum.

A return to the ‘federal’ rule of law that prohibits the sale and use of marijuana. U.S. farmers to plant 40 million acres this year, double the 2017 total.

** The Senate Ag Committee has officially received the nomination of Sonny Perdue to be the next Ag Secretary, clearing a major hurdle in the confirmation process. A spokeswoman for the committee confirmed the news Friday. Nominated the day before President Trump’s inauguration, reaction from ag groups has been generally supportive, with many seeing the former Georgia governor as a candidate likel