Another $300 million for RAPP: The USDA announced an additional $300 million in grants to the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, bringing total 2024 funding to $600 million for the program aimed at developing new and emerging markets for U.S. food and ag exports. (USDA)
Klobuchar is Senate ag leader: As expected, Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar will be the senior Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee in the new session of Congress, announced Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. (Senate Democrats)
‘Murder hornet’ is eliminated: Five years after the northern giant hornet was spotted in the Pacific Northwest, the “murder hornet,” a threat to honeybees, has been eradicated in the United States, said the Department of Agriculture. (USDA)