Agency
Agriculture Department
Agency URL: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome
The Department of Agriculture works to improve and maintain farm income and to develop and expand markets abroad for agricultural products. The Department helps to curb and cure poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. It works to enhance the environment and to maintain production capacity by helping landowners protect the soil, water, forests, and other natural resources. The Department, through inspection and grading services, safeguards and ensures standards of quality in the daily food supply.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was created by act of May 15, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 2201).
This agency has published 28,147 documents since 1994.
Public Inspection Documents Pending Publication
September 2015
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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System Assessment Report; Public Comment Period
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Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
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Privacy Act; Systems of Records
Most Recent Significant Regulations
September 2015
July 2015
June 2015
September 2015
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Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Field Testing a Swine Influenza Vaccine, H1N1 & H3N2, Modified Live Virus
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Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas; Additions in Minnesota, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
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Ravalli Resource Advisory Committee
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Strategic Economic and Community Development
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VSTA Records and Reports Specific to International Standards for Pharmacovigilance
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Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information Order; Expanding the Membership of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and Other Changes
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Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2015 Amendments)
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Cotton Board Rules and Regulations: Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports (2015 Amendments)
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Agricultural Act of 2014 Nondiscretionary Provisions
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Changes to Fees and Payment Methods
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J.R. Simplot Co.; Determination of Nonregulated Status of Potato Genetically Engineered for Late Blight Resistance, Low Acrylamide Potential, Reduced Black Spot Bruising, and Lowered Reducing Sugars
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Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate
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U.S. Standards for Grades of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Fruits and Vegetables for Processing, Nuts, and Specialty Crops
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Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
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Dakota Prairie Grasslands, North Dakota; Oil and Gas Development Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
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Section 306D Water Systems for Rural and Native Villages in Alaska
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 2015
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Eligibility of Lithuania To Export Meat and Meat Products to the United States
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Recognizing European Union (EU) and EU Member State Regionalization Decisions for African Swine Fever (ASF) by Updating the APHIS List of Regions Affected with ASF
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Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision and Extension of Approved Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
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Superior National Forest, Minnesota; School Trust Land Exchange
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Deschutes Provinicial Advisory Committee Meeting
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Sanders Resource Advisory Committee
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Sanders Resource Advisory Committee
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Generic Clearance for the Development of Nutrition Education Messages and Products for the General Public
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Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
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Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
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Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee
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Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee
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Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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United States Standards for Grades of Processed Raisins
Comment PeriodOpening
Cotton Board Rules and Regulations:
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Other
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U.S. Standards for Grades of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Fruits and Vegetables for Processing, Nuts, and Specialty Crops
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Changes to Fees and Payment Methods
Comment PeriodClosing Soon
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program:
Animal Welfare
Cotton Board Rules and Regulations:
Decreased Assessment Rates:
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Meetings:
Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order:
Petitions for Determination of Nonregulated Status:
Proposed Directives:
Quarantined Areas:
Requests for Information:
Research and Information Orders:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:
Treatment Evaluation Documents:
Walnuts Grown in California:
Other