Leadership on #food, #agriculture, natural resources, #rural development, #nutrition, & related issues based on public policy, science, & effective management.

Washington, DC
Joined July 2009
Pumpkin season starts with America’s farmers. 🎃🚜 From your front porch to your favorite pie, their harvest is part of what makes fall special. Happy #NationalPumpkinDay!
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UNSUNG HERO 🇺🇸❤️ Today, I want to highlight someone who represents the very best of @USDA: Annette James, our Branch Chief of Printing Services. Annette became a mother as a teenager and began working at USDA in April 1987, when she was just 17 years old. Nearly 40 years later, she has dedicated her career to serving this Department and the American people with extraordinary professionalism, grace, and commitment. If you’ve ever seen a USDA program, poster, exhibit, briefing book, or printed product, chances are Annette and the incredible team in our South Building print shop helped make it happen. Randy, Michael, Marcus, and the entire Printing Services team work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure USDA’s work is presented with excellence — often on tight deadlines and always with tremendous pride. USDA works because of people like Annette and her team — dedicated public servants who may not always be in the spotlight, but whose hard work keeps this Department moving every single day. Annette and the entire print shop team: THANK YOU for everything you do for USDA and the American people. 🇺🇸
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✅ Another week of DELIVERING for America’s farmers, families, and rural communities! Swipe through @USDA’s top wins from the fourth week of October 2026 ➡️ From delivering harvest relief and expanding American fertilizer production to strengthening our food supply, opening new markets, protecting taxpayers, investing in rural America, and launching unprecedented partnerships with @NASA and @NASAAdmin, we’re just getting started! More work ahead, and back on the road tomorrow! See you this week, Iowa, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Kansas. GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🇺🇸
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🚨 Imperio Distribution LLC Recalls Beef Jerky Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts…
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USDA 🤝 @NASA @SecRollins and @NASAAdmin Isaacman today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen USDA’s data quality and ensure that American farmers and ranchers benefit from cutting-edge technologies. We’re delivering better agricultural insights, stronger tools, and advanced tech by cooperating on: 🛰️ Mission & data alignment 💻 Data access & infrastructure 📊 Methodology & validation Details: usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…
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Requesting permission for flyby. ✈️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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President Trump’s America First Seafood Strategy focuses on 5 coordinated priorities ⬇️ 1. American Seafood First: Labeling, Marketing, and Market Access 2. Rebuilding America’s Seafood Infrastructure & Processing Capacity 3. Fair Trade & Import Compliance and Enforcement 4. Regulatory Reform & Industry Partnership 5. Strengthening American Health Through Seafood 🐟 SEAFOOD.GOV #USCaught #AmericanSeafood #USSeafood #NationalSeafoodMonth
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📍Tulsa, Oklahoma 🐎 Behind champion horses are hardworking breeders, trainers, and families who dedicate their lives to an incredible American tradition. Honored to visit the U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show and meet the people who make this industry so special! From the show ring to the family farm, the American horse industry represents generations of hard work, passion, and tradition. Proud of @USDA’s role in supporting the people who keep this great American tradition alive!
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REAL FOOD PRICES ARE DOWN! 🇺🇸📉 From eggs to proteins to dairy, prices are falling from their peak! 🍎 Fruits: DOWN 12% 🥦 Vegetables: DOWN 10% 🥚 Eggs: DOWN 90% 🥩 Proteins: DOWN 6.8% 🥛 Dairy: DOWN 5.1% 🌾 Grains: DOWN 2% This is GREAT progress toward making real, nutritious food more affordable for American families! Under @POTUS, we’re working to make REAL, healthy foods more accessible and affordable for ALL Americans! There is still much work to do, but we are moving in the RIGHT direction! 🇺🇸
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America boasts the world’s richest fisheries and hardest-working fishermen, yet imports most of its seafood while our own domestic businesses struggle. President Trump is changing that, putting American fisheries and consumers FIRST. 🐟🇺🇸 📲 Seafood.Gov
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The FDA is responsible for ensuring the U.S. seafood supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and properly labeled. To support the America First Seafood Strategy, the agency published draft guidance to help companies proudly and accurately label seafood of U.S. origin. If finalized, the guidance would provide examples of statements, such as “U.S.-Caught,” and graphics featuring the American flag to help consumers identify and choose U.S. seafood.
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Trump Administration issues America First Seafood Strategy to strengthen U.S. fisheries, processing capacity and coastal economies News release: noaa.gov/news-release/trump-… @NOAAFisheries #Seafood
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Just in: NOAA and the Department of Commerce are supporting the Administration’s “America First Seafood Strategy,” a coordinated federal plan released today to strengthen U.S. fisheries, processing capacity, and coastal economies See @NOAA news release: bit.ly/4hYq252
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Following @POTUS' announcement of the America First Seafood Strategy, USDA is making at least $5 BILLION in loans to expand processing for American ranchers and fishermen through the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR) Guaranteed Loan Program. SPUR will provide a 90% loan guarantee to commercial lenders, with a maximum loan amount of $175 million and option to defer principal and interest payments for 2 years. Today's announcement highlights USDA's commitment to supporting small, independent, and regional meat, poultry, AND seafood processing plants. 🔗 usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…
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CHOOSE AMERICAN SEAFOOD 🦐🦞 The new U.S. Caught Seafood label is a voluntary designation for seafood caught by American commercial fishermen on U.S.-flagged vessels operating under U.S. fisheries management. SEAFOOD.GOV #USCaught #AmericanSeafood #USSeafood #NationalSeafoodMonth
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Foreign products should not be allowed to undercut American seafood businesses. When you see the “U.S. Caught Seafood” label at the market, you’re choosing seafood caught by American fishermen and supporting American fishing communities. 🇺🇸 SEAFOOD.GOV
.@SecKennedy: "President Trump is rebuilding the infrastructure, he's reopening the markets for our commercial fishermen — and today, he's announcing a label for all American-made seafood that says it's American-made." 🦞
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AMERICAN SEAFOOD FIRST 🇺🇸🐟 The future of seafood in the U.S. will be built by American fishermen, American workers, and American industry, NOT foreign imports. That’s why President Trump’s America First Seafood Strategy puts American fishermen FIRST and ensures that American seafood once again competes and wins in American markets. @POTUS' America First Seafood Strategy restores American fisheries as a strategic national priority by: 🏗️ Rebuilding American seafood production 🚢 Revitalizing domestic processing and infrastructure 🦞 Aggressively promoting American seafood products 🇺🇸 Ensuring federal policy prioritizes American fishermen over foreign imports SEAFOOD.GOV #USCaught #AmericanSeafood #USSeafood #NationalSeafoodMonth
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.@POTUS and @VP are leading the most pro-farmer Administration in American history. 🇺🇸 From lowering diesel costs to delivering harvest relief, this Administration is fighting to lower costs for America’s farmers and ranchers. Read my latest op-ed in @detroitnews ⬇️ detroitnews.com/story/opinio…
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