ROME, Italy, Aug. 18 -- The United Nations World Food Programme issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: The first maritime shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain for humanitarian operations run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) left Ukraine's Yuzhny (Pivdennyi) Port today, another important milestone in efforts to get much needed Ukrainian grain out of the conflict-hit country, back into global markets, and to countries worst affected by the global food crisis. The shipment of 23,000  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- The Arkansas Farm Bureau issued the following news release: The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation announced Mark Lambert has been named Director of State Affairs in the Public Affairs & Government Relations department. Lambert previously worked in Arkansas Farm Bureau's Commodity & Regulatory Affairs department as a Director of Commodity Activities and Economics. Lambert has been with Arkansas Farm Bureau for seven years, handling the Wheat & Feed Grain  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: Starting in late August, a sample of producers around the country will receive Agricultural Survey questionnaires from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The agency is taking a comprehensive look into the 2022 production and supply of small grains, including wheat, oats, barle  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: Starting in late August, a sample of producers around the country will receive Agricultural Survey questionnaires from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The agency is taking a comprehensive look into the 2022 production and supply of small grains, including wheat, oats, barley,   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following transcript of an interview by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield with Tami Hultman of All Africa: * * * QUESTION: Would you please talk a bit about what you heard from Africans you met, and what you learned from those conversations? AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: I learned so much from that trip. And first and foremost, what I learned is that Africa continues - the continent, the p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2022, by Administrator Samantha Power on the additional funding to get Ukrainian grain to the world's most vulnerable: * * * Nearly six months ago, Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, exacerbating a brutal unprovoked war against the country. Putin's war has impacted millions inside of Ukraine, but the damage has not stayed contained within the country.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing over $68 million in additional funding to the UN World Food Program (WFP) to purchase, move, and store up to 150,000 metric tons of Ukrainian wheat to help respond to the world's worst food crises. The world is facing its most severe food crisis in decades. In order to save lives,   more