Sonny Perdue

The USDA recently held its first ever SNAP Employment and Training National Work Forum. "ENT transforms SNAP From a program that puts money on a card each month to being about wrap-around services and support to help each individual discover his or her own potential, said Deputy Ag Secretary, Steve Censky ...

Watchdog organizations are calling for the USDA's inspector general to investigate whether Ag Secretary Sonn Perdue committed ethics violations when he may have failed to separate himself from his multimillion dollar business when becoming the head of the Department of Ag ...

Texas Representative Jodey Arrington recently sent a letter to the USDA and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding FSA offices. Arrington is asking the agency to reexamine and update their COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures and safely reopen their local Farm Service Agency offices ...

On Tuesday, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that more than 100 million food boxes have been distributed through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Perdue stated, “It is incredible to think that in a little more than five months, this food box program has gone from an idea to a reality that has provided more than 100 million boxes of nutritious foods.” ...

After serving as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture since 2017, Stephen Censky is returning to the the American Soybean Association, a place he worked for 21 years. Censky is leaving USDA to return to the helm of the grower group as Chief Executive Officer ...

The USDA has announced contracts for the third round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "USDA is partnering with national, regional, and local suppliers whose workforce have been impacted by the closure of restaurants, hotels, and other food service businesses," Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said recently during a Zoom meeting ...

Starting Monday, eligible producers can sign up for the latest round of the Coronavirus Food Program, better known as CFAP. "Starting next week my administration is committing additional relief to help farmers," President Trump announced last week ...

On Friday, Dan Newhouse and Mike Thompson, co-chairs of the Congressional Wine Caucus sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue seeking COVID-19 relief for wine grape growers. The bipartisan letter, signed by 41 members of Congress, is in response to the fact that wine grapes were not included in the list of commodities eligible for CFAP assistance ...

To further the USDA’s work on its Agricultural Innovation Agenda, the agency is asking for public-and-private-sector input on the most innovative technologies and practices that can be readily deployed across the country. USDA is looking for ready-to-go technologies and practices that will help achieve its goal of increasing agricultural production by 40% to help meet global population needs in 2

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he's encouraged by the Phase One trade agreement with China, and where it's going into the future. "Phase one with China got off to a fairly show start. It really was just signed in early February and then the world got overwhelmed with the pandemic of COVID, but I can tell you over the last six weeks, they've really stepped up ...