Aug 30, 2012 - The Farm Service Agency is seeking information regarding blue cornmeal packaged in consumer-sized packages for Domestic Food Distribution Programs. A Request for Information and Sources Sought Notice has been issued and will serve as market research to obtain information regarding the availability and specifications of commercial blue cornmeal. All information gathered in response to this RFI/Notice will be used solely for planning purposes. This is not a formal solicitation, but a request for interested parties to provide information.

The Request for Information / Sources Sought Notice can be found on FedBizOpps at:

https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/KCCO/AG-DPRO-Notice-12-0002/listing.html

Apr 4, 2012 - The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is implementing a licensing requirement, including inspection and examination procedures for all port and transloading facilities receiving, storing, handling, and shipping export food assistance commodities for U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) food assistance programs (PL 480, Title II and III, Food for Progress, Section 416(b) and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition programs). Commodities purchased by FSA on or after June 15, 2012, may be stored or handled only by facilities licensed under the United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

FSA has developed a Licensing Agreement for Export Food Aid Commodity Warehouse Operators (WA-502). The WA-502 applies exclusively to U.S. Government Export Food Aid Commodities (EFAC) received, stored, handled and shipped at port warehouses or transloading facilities in the United States.

All port and transload facility operators are invited to access the WA-502 online on the DACO website at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=was-ua

On April 4, 2012, FSA posted in the Federal Register Vol 77, No 65 a notice specifying the fee schedule for the new Licensing Agreement of Export Food Aid Commodity Warehouse Operators (WA-502).

Warehouses with loan cotton stored in open yard

Removed/Suspended/Reinstated Warehouse List updated Feb 15, 2012

Food Assistance through the Commodity Credit Corporation Fact Sheet

Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations

Assistant Deputy Administrator Commodity Operations

Assistant to the Deputy Administrator Commodity Operations

This section contains information about programs and initiatives such as, Cotton, End-Use Certificate Program, and Peanuts. Also included is information on the International Food Aid Conference.

This page contains information about the Web Based Supply Chain Management system.

This section contains information about buying and selling commodities and related durable goods; commodity exchanges and processing of CCC-owned inventory for both domestic and export programs. Also included is information on vendor qualification requirements.

This section provides information about transporting USDA commodities. USDA shipments move via motor carrier, intermodal marketing company, railroad, or ocean carrier service.

This section provides information about federal licenses issued under the Unites States Warehouse Act and the Commodity Credit Corporation Storage Agreements.

This section contains current as well as historical commodity price reports, values, CCC inventories, food assistance reports, and more.

This section contains Notices for Bulk Commodities, Upland and Extra Long Staple Cotton Domestic User/Export Agreement, Dairy and Domestic, Exports, USWA/Warehouse Information