{"id":27978,"date":"2025-06-13T10:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=27978"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:08:55","slug":"sen-ossoff-successfully-presses-usda-to-purchase-georgia-grown-pecans","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-successfully-presses-usda-to-purchase-georgia-grown-pecans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Successfully Presses USDA to Purchase Georgia-Grown Pecans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>Following U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s push, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is purchasing more Georgia pecans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025USDA05613-Ossoff-Pecan-Section-32-Request.pdf\">Sen. Ossoff pressed USDA<\/a>&nbsp;to support Georgia pecan growers. Now, following his push, USDA is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.wbscm.usda.gov\/ppp\/doc\/Solicitation\/12-3J14-25-B-0328\/12-3J14-25-B-0328-PCA.pdf\">announcing a $24 million investment<\/a>&nbsp;to support pecan growers and shellers in Georgia and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m focused every day on Georgia farmers. It is the biggest industry in the State of Georgia, and Georgia farmers work tirelessly to feed the state, the country, and the world. I&#8217;ve got their back and I&#8217;m going to continue working to support Georgia agriculture,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues working to support Georgia\u2019s pecan growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Sen. Ossoff and Georgia\u2019s Congressional delegation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/sen-ossoff-georgias-congressional-delegation-urging-trump-administration-to-help-georgia-growers-export-more-pecans\/\">urged<\/a>&nbsp;the Trump Administration to help Georgia growers export more pecans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last July, Sens. Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-pressing-usda-to-promote-georgia-pecans\/\">pressed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)<\/a>&nbsp;to provide adequate promotional resources for marketing Georgia pecans to the global market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/breaking-following-sen-ossoffs-months-long-push-india-cuts-tariffs-on-u-s-pecan-exports-by-70-in-major-win-for-georgia-farmers\/\">following Sen. Ossoff\u2019s push<\/a>, the Republic of India announced a major 70% cut to tariffs on U.S. pecan exports \u2014 helping growers sell more products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.wbscm.usda.gov\/ppp\/doc\/Solicitation\/12-3J14-25-B-0328\/12-3J14-25-B-0328-PCA.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read a full breakdown of USDA\u2019s purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;Following U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s push, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is purchasing more Georgia pecans. Earlier this year,&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff pressed USDA&nbsp;to support Georgia pecan growers. Now, following his push, USDA is&nbsp;announcing a $24 million investment&nbsp;to support pecan growers and shellers in Georgia and across the country. \u201cI&#8217;m focused every day on [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27978","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/27978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/27978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27979,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/27978\/revisions\/27979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}