On July 25, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced details of additional actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would take to support American agricultural producers while continued efforts on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals take place. As part of those actions, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service announced the food purchase of various products under the authority of Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.
Click here for the full press release for potato products.
Click here for the full press release for strawberry products.
For more information:
David C. Jackson
USDA
Email: davidc.jackson@usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov