WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include suspending the businesses' PACA licenses and barring the principal ope  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: * * * CDC assesses the risk to the general public is extremely low * * * The CDC and the Iowa Department of Health are investigating a suspected case of Lassa fever, which was diagnosed today in an Iowa resident who returned to the United States from West Africa early this month. The patient was not sick while traveling so the risk to fellow a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * An Additional $21 Million Awarded for Monitoring, Assessment and Evaluation Projects to Enhance the Delivery of the Conservation Reserve Program * * * DENVER, Colo., Oct. 28, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on October 21, 2024 that it will begin issuing more than $2.14 billion in payments to eligible agricultural producers, and landowners--provid  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and domestic mineral resources, both in the ground and in mine waste. Since 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has advanced scientific inn  more