After an exhaustive review, the USDA gave Roundup Ready Alfalfa the green light in 2005.
Beyond that, the USDA cannot approve a new seed variety until it conducts an Environmental Assessment.
Gore opposes shifting the USDA's antitrust programs and said the USDA should get more antitrust resources.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service annually certifies that each state program meets these standards.
The USDA also reports that 28 percent of adult participants in SNAP were employed.
The USDA predicts a decrease in overall production of domestic protein for fiscal 2012.
The USDA currently has a decent reputation inspecting beef for consumption here and abroad.
The USDA has created a massive, inefficient and arguably gratuitous bureaucracy to administer these regulations.
The USDA crop report was very bullish for corn, which moved to new all-time highs.
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The eastern tour had three representatives from the USDA, all of them magnets for trouble.
He called on the USDA to take measures to restore confidence in the industry.
The USDA cut its estimate of Argentina's corn crop by 6% to 23.5 million metric tons.
Still, what the USDA actually opens amounts to a fraction of the total, says Dr. Kamble.
As winter approached, the usda figures yo-yoed, but Lanworth kept its original prediction.
When VTel got the USDA subsidy, it said the government-backed networks would create 1, 800 jobs in Vermont.
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Less than 5% of Americans are meeting this modest goal, according to the USDA. Start with starches.
Yes, the USDA says to local food advocates, we are supporting locally raised food all over the country.
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The USDA has programs aimed at getting unhealthy foods out of the schools, replaced by more nutritional selections.
One only has to look to the flux of dietary recommendations from the USDA. Is fiber in vogue?
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It was then sent to the USDA's laboratory in Ames, Iowa, where it tested positive, the agency said.
Over 5, 700 groups have partnered with the USDA to get simple nutritional information to families across the country.
The USDA said Friday that U.S. officials are working to assure trading partners that the wheat shipments are safe.
Louis company says it is working with the USDA to confirm the results and is conducting its own investigation.
For now, though, the USDA is keeping much of their computerized atlas confidential.
Now, the tax is on hold indefinitely, a spokesman for the USDA said.
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In April, the penny-pinchers at the USDA will also sponsor the Priester National Health Extension Conference in Corvallis, Oregon.
In fact, in the USDA nutrient database, instant oatmeal possesses the same nutritional profile as regular or quick-cooking oatmeal.
Technology could also assist in the role of the USDA inspectors, Doyle said.
The USDA estimates that food prices will increase 3 to 4% in 2013.
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"The markets are very, very tight, " said Joseph Glauber, the USDA's chief economist.
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