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The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Foundation was awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Program.  The funding will significantly expand the nationwide educational training provided to pesticide inspectors and enforcement staff over the next five years.   ...

At the 2023 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture annual meeting, NASDA members adopted policy to protect farmers’ right to farm, fixing federal disaster relief, advocate for clear labeling on cell-based meat products, and agriculture apprenticeship programs.

As part of the National Ag Day Celebration this week, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture released its annual Feeding the Economy Report.  The data shows food and agriculture industries and their suppliers contribute over $8.6 trillio...

Earlier this week, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture announced the organization’s primary policy focus for 2023.  NASDA members, the state commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture, hand-selected seven issues to focus on.   The is...

Last week, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members and leadership traveled to Vietnam.  The delegation embarked on the organization's first trade mission to explore global emerging markets through the Department of Agriculture Emerging Markets Program.   ...

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture was recently awarded a USDA grant worth $925,000 through the Foreign Agricultural Services’ Emerging Markets Program.  The EMP helps organizations promote exports of agricultural products to developing countries with strong growth potential.   “...

NASS and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture are celebrating 50 years of working together.  The partnership provides timely, accurate and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.  NASS and NASDA are celebrating the anniversary during the NASDA annual meeting this week in Saratoga Springs, New York.     NASS Adm...

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is detailing what is being done to enhance the nation's food system following the COVID-19 pandemic.  NASDA CEO Ted McKinney says early in the pandemic there were shortages of products from paper to food, but that the shortages were only temporary and are being overstated now in retrospect.  Ch...

As many farm and agriculture groups submitted comments on the EPA's proposed changes to the Waters of the U.S. rule, The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture asked the EPA to suspend the rule-making process. The comment period on the proposal by the EPA closed Monday ...

U.S. and Mexican agriculture delegates met this week during the 30th annual meeting of the Tri-National Agricultural Accord. The officials discussed concerns regarding recent decisions by Mexico’s federal government to impose arbitrary prohibitions on agricultural biotechnology and certain pesticides. Dele ...