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A member of the Beagle Brigade checks passengers for illegal food products. Beagle Brigade is a team of beagles and their human handlers who, as part of the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), inspect luggage at U.S. airports searching for agricultural products. [1]
In this scenario most of the costs of this expensive tracking system will fall on small farms and families, allowing corporate farms increased profits and lower costs. According to the USDA's NAIS User Guide (p27), [16] the cost of the various animal identification devices ranges from as little as $1 to as much as $20. For example, as indicated ...
The originally-stated purpose of APHIS is to “protect the animal and plant resources of the nation” and carry out “a poultry and meat inspection program.” [12] A more modern articulation of APHIS's mission is “protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal ...
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Sec. 2302), amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs.
Wildlife Services is the program intended to provide Federal resources to resolve wildlife interactions that threaten public health and safety, as well as agricultural, property, and natural resources. The program is part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Current Under Secretary Jennifer Moffitt. The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration.
Breeder Daniel Gingerich agreed to forfeit all of the dogs he was keeping at multiple properties, according to a consent decree filed Tuesday. Hundreds of dogs rescued from USDA-licensed breeder ...
In 1996, the U.S. agricultural policy reform started with the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Act) that the agricultural market should be determined by the free market competition that the government canceled agricultural subsidies and required farmers to enroll in the Crop Insurance Program. [15] The U.S ...