USDA Announces Appointments to the Christmas Tree Promotion Board

January 7, 2019 USDA

The 12-member board has 11 producers representing production in the Eastern, Central and Western regions of the United States, and an importer member. Each can serve up to two consecutive three-year terms.

USDA Releases 2017 Annual Pesticide Data Program Summary, US Food Supply is Among the Safest in the World

December 19, 2018 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2017 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues well below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).