SCHUMER REVEALS: DESPITE WIDESPREAD CRITICISM, USDA MOVING TOWARDS DANGEROUS...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2013 SCHUMER REVEALS: DESPITE WIDESPREAD CRITICISM, USDA MOVING TOWARDS DANGEROUS POLICY TO ALLOW CHICKEN RAISED AND PROCESSED IN CHINA...
View ArticleSCHUMER URGES USDA TO FURTHER FUND THREE FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS AS PART OF...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 6, 2014 SCHUMER URGES USDA TO FURTHER FUND THREE FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS AS PART OF STATEN ISLAND'S BLUEBELT EXPANSION -- $15M PROJECTS WILL...
View ArticleSCHUMER: CANANDAIGUA VA CAMPUS GETS $122 MILLION IN VA BUDGET REQUEST, ONE OF...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2014 SCHUMER: CANANDAIGUA VA CAMPUS GETS $122 MILLION IN VA BUDGET REQUEST, ONE OF FOUR NAT'L PRIORITIES - SCHUMER VOWS TO FIGHT TO INCLUDE...
View ArticleIowa Delegation Calls on USDA to Provide Assistance in Combating Bird Flu...
(Source: David Loebsack) Iowa Delegation Calls on USDA to Provide Assistance in Combating Bird Flu Outbreak The bipartisan, bicameral Iowa delegation, led by Congressman Dave Loebsack, today called on...
View ArticleUS. boosts bird flu emergency funds
The U.S. government approved the use of an additional $330 million in emergency funds to help contain the worst avian influenza outbreak in U.S. history, as infected bird cases soared and hundreds of...
View ArticleSchumer, Gillibrand Announce $10 Million In USDA Funding For Long Island...
(Source: Kirsten E Gillibrand) | | Font Size: Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $10 Million In USDA Funding For Long Island Sound Watershed Conservation Senators Have Led Fight to Improve Long Island Sound...
View ArticleAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Action to Combat Insects and...
(Source: USDA - United States Department of Agriculture) DENVER, May 20, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced action to help 94 national forest areas in 35 states to address insect...
View ArticleSenator Hagan, Chairwoman Stabenow Applaud USDA Announcement to Combat Virus...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry) Friday, June 6, 2014 After requesting federal assistance to address the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), Senator Kay...
View ArticleSCHUMER: JUST-RELEASED FARM BILL REPORT INCLUDES MAJOR VICTORIES FOR UPSTATE...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014 SCHUMER: JUST-RELEASED FARM BILL REPORT INCLUDES MAJOR VICTORIES FOR UPSTATE NY DAIRY, FRUIT, VEGETABLE FARMERS & MORE - CALLS ON...
View ArticleBird flu vaccine, under development, divides U.S. poultry industry
CHICAGO, June 8 The death of more than 46 million chickens and turkeys in a bird flu outbreak is opening a rare fissure within the usually tight-knit U.S. poultry industry, pitting farmers with...
View ArticleSCHUMER: WITH TURBULENT MILK PRICES, UPSTATE DAIRY FARMERS ARE GETTING...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) 04.22.15 Upstate NY Dairy Farmers Are Saddled With Lump-Sum Insurance Payments Through Turbulent Milk Prices -Schumer Pushes USDA To Create New Payment Program Where Coops...
View ArticleSCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO SECURE MAJOR FED FUNDING FOR CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) 06.25.15 Cornell University's Lake Erie Cornell Cooperative Extension Program Has Applied For Approximately $5 Million In Fed USDA Funds - Grant Funding Would Enable...
View ArticleUSDA veterinarian: Bird flu outbreak could be 'devastating'
The nation's poultry industry may have to live with a deadly bird flu strain for several years, which would be "devastating," the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief veterinary officer said...
View ArticleGrassley, Ernst Urge USDA to Properly Deploy Resources to Fight Avian Flu (US...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) WASHINGTON- Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack encouraging the department to ensure that...
View ArticleHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") Update (Iowa Farm Bureau...
(Source: Iowa Farm Bureau Federation) An update on the U.S. outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) prepared by John Anderson, AFBF's deputy chief economist, is below. The United...
View ArticleU.S. agency refuses farmers' requests on bird flu vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because...
View ArticleGrassley, Ernst Urge USDA to Properly Deploy Resources to Fight Avian Flu...
(Source: Chuck Grassley) WASHINGTON- Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack encouraging the department to ensure that resources have been...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Budget Impact of Rising Firefighting Costs (USDA - United...
(Source: USDA - United States Department of Agriculture) New Report Shows Budget Impact of Rising Firefighting Costs Other Forest Programs, Including Efforts to Help Prevent and Mitigate Fire Damage...
View ArticleU.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no plans to distribute it yet
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington...
View ArticleAFTER SIGINIFICANT PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES USDA TO AWARD $7.5 MILLION TO FUND...
(Source: Charles E Schumer) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2013 AFTER SIGINIFICANT PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES USDA TO AWARD $7.5 MILLION TO FUND BLUEBELT EXPANSION ON STATEN ISLAND; PROJECT WILL...
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