CBP agriculture specialists working at area ports ensure Mother’s Day flowers are disease and pest free
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso area ports of entry are busy this week making sure that personal and commercial importations of Mother’s Day flowers are…
U.S. Agriculture Dept to invest $420 million in rural water infrastructure
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will put $420 million of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law towards rehabilitating dams, preventing floods, and restoring watersheds in 31 states,…
Dulles CBP Agriculture Specialists Intercept Potentially Harmful Bat Meat in Passenger Baggage
STERLING, Va. – Mangled mammal meat might have been the logical outcome that most superhero fans envisioned when Batman took on Superman, but the potential outcome that this bat meat posed to…
Chicago Agriculture Specialists Seize 1,667 of Prohibited Shipments at the International Mail Facility Since October
CHICAGO– Anyone that needs to do some shopping usually visits an e-commerce site to have items shipped to their door. However, e-commerce sites can also contain dangerous items that can harm the…
Ukraine’s new agriculture minister warns over global food prices
LVIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s new agriculture minister said on Friday that Ukraine’s grain stocks for export amount to $7.5 billion but did not say what the volume of grains for export was.…
CBP Officers, Agriculture Specialists Seize 124 Pounds of Prohibited Fresh Pork, Poultry Meat at Laredo Port of Entry
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists at Laredo Port of Entry in a single enforcement action seized over 120 pounds of prohibited fresh pork and poultry meat. “This…
Brownsville CBP Agriculture Specialists Intercept First in Nation Pest in Spanish Moss
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Agriculture Specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a rare “First in Nation” pest in Spanish moss used…
Bayer stops non-essential health and agriculture business in Russia
FRANKFURT – Germany’s Bayer on Monday stopped all spending in Russia and Belarus not related to essential products in health and agriculture, citing Russia’s “brutal aggression” against Ukraine. Bayer said in a…
CBP’s Baltimore Field Office Agriculture Specialists Protect Valentine’s Day from Invading Horde of Destructive Insect Pests
BALTIMORE (Imagery links at bottom) – Presenting flowers to a loved one on Valentine’s Day is an old and cherished tradition, but as time passes, the United States has become more reliant…
Federal Agriculture Specialists Protect Valentine’s Day from Invading Horde of Destructive Insect Pests
BALTIMORE – Presenting flowers to a loved one on Valentine’s Day is an old and cherished tradition, but as time passes, the United States has become more reliant on importing those symbols…
CBP Agriculture Specialist Working to Ensure Valentine’s Day Flowers Are Pest-Free
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso area ports of entry are busy this week tapping and shaking cut flower shipments to make sure that personal and…
USDA to spend $1 billion to promote climate-friendly agriculture
By Karl Plume – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $1 billion in pilot projects that promote farming, ranching and forestry practices that cut greenhouse gas emissions or capture and store…
West Linn Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Real Estate, Agriculture, and Mining Investment Schemes
PORTLAND, Ore.—A West Linn, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for posing as a successful real estate developer, hemp seed cultivator, and owner of a precious metals mining venture to…
Pharr CBP Officers, Agriculture Specialists Intercept Tomato Shipment in Alleged Attempt to Circumvent Withhold Release Order
PHARR, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) Officers, Agriculture Specialists, at Pharr International Bridge detained a shipment of tomatoes from a company cited in a…
Biden Climate Pact Hobbles US Manufacturing And Agriculture But Gives China, India, Russia A Pass
Some of the world’s top emitters of methane haven’t signed a global effort to curb how much of the greenhouse gas is emitted by 2030. The three countries – China, Russia and…
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