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October 2026
- Oct20TueComment DeadlineFood and Nutrition AdministrationAgency Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection: Request for Comments on Understanding Participant Experiences in SNAP E&T
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Oct21WedEventNatural Resources Conservation ServiceApplying Geospatial Tools to Floodplain Restoration Planning
October 21, 2026 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
- Oct22ThuMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceHoward Local Working Group Meeting
October 22, 2026 · 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
- Oct22ThuComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceMeeting of the National Organic Standards Board
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Oct23FriMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceKent and Queen Anne's Local Working Group Meeting
October 23, 2026 · 8:30am - 10:30am EDT
- Oct26MonComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceNotice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Commodities Covered by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Oct27TueMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceNRCS Soil Health Partnership Roundtable: October 27th Raleigh, NC
October 27, 2026
- Oct27TueEventAgricultural Marketing ServiceMeeting of the National Organic Standards Board
A virtual meeting will be held October 27-29, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) each day. The Board will hear oral public comments via webinars on Tuesday, October 20, and Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The d
- Oct29ThuMeetingU.S. Codex OfficeCodex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
The public meeting is scheduled for October 29, 2026, from 2:00- 4:00 p.m. ET.
November 2026
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineFood and Nutrition AdministrationSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: State of Nebraska SNAP Demonstration Project
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineRural Business-Cooperative ServiceUnleashing American Energy and Economic Prosperity; Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
Public comments on this rule close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection: Environmental Monitoring
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Irradiation Treatment; Location of Facilities in the Southern United States
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineForeign Agricultural ServiceNotice of a Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineFood Safety and Inspection ServiceNotice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov2MonComment DeadlineEconomic Research ServiceAgency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov3TueEventNatural Resources Conservation ServiceCover Crop and Manure Management Field Day
November 3, 2026 · 12:00pm - 2:00pm CST
- Nov3TueComment DeadlineRural Business-Cooperative ServiceNotice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection: OMB No. 0570-0069 Rural Development Loan Modernization Initiative
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov3TueComment DeadlineFood and Nutrition AdministrationAgency Information Collection Activities: WIC and Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs-Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov3TueComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceCotton Research and Promotion Program: Request for Comments To Be Used in a Review of 1990 Amendments to the Cotton Research and Promotion Act
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov4WedMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceNew Hampshire State Technical Committee Meeting, November 2026
November 4, 2026
- Nov9MonComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceSpecialty Crop Diversion Programs; Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov9MonComment DeadlineFood Safety and Inspection ServiceNotice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov9MonComment DeadlineForeign Agricultural ServiceNotice of Request for Approval of an Existing Information Collection in Use Without an Office of Management and Budget Control Number
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov10TueComment DeadlineNational Agricultural Statistics ServiceNotice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov10TueComment DeadlineNational Agricultural Statistics ServiceNotice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection.
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov10TueComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceNotice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov12ThuComment DeadlineForest ServiceSecure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committees
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov13FriComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceNotice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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- Nov16MonComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Coconut Fruit From Belize Into the United States
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov18WedMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceSweet Grass County Montana Local Working Group Meeting
November 18, 2026 · 12:30pm - 3:30pm MST
- Nov20FriComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceBayer U.S.-Crop Science: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for MON 89151 Lepidopteran-Protected Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov20FriComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceBayer U.S.-Crop Science: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Herbicide Resistant MON 96012 Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov23MonComment DeadlineFood and Nutrition AdministrationAgency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Generic Clearance for FNA Quick Response Surveys (FNA QRS)
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov23MonComment DeadlineFood and Nutrition AdministrationAgency Information Collection Activities: Turnip the Beet High Quality Summer Meals Program
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov23MonComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceAmendments To Import Requirements for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Public comments on this proposed rule close on this date.
- Nov23MonComment DeadlineUSDANotice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov23MonComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceFruit Crops; Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Nov24TueComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceNational Organic Program: Notice of Intent To Extend and Revise a Previously Approved Information Collection (2027)
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
December 2026
- Dec8TueMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceIdaho State Technical Advisory Committee
December 8, 2026 · 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
- Dec10ThuMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceNRCS-New Jersey State Technical Committee
December 10, 2026 · 9:00am - 1:00pm EST
- Dec14MonComment DeadlineFarm Service AgencyInformation Collection Requests; Disaster Assistance-General; Critical Customer Data
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec15TueComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Interstate Movement of Fresh Leaves and Rhizomes of Wasabi From Hawaii Into the Continental United States
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec15TueComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; National Veterinary Services Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec15TueComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis: Importation of Cattle and Bison
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec15TueComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Blood and Tissue Collection and Recordkeeping at Slaughtering, Rendering, and Approved Livestock Marketing Establishments and Facilities
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec18FriComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceNotice of Availability of a Pest Risk Analysis for the Importation of Fresh Passion Fruit From Viet Nam Into the United States
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec18FriComment DeadlineAgricultural Marketing ServiceRequest for Extension of an Information Collection-Local Food Directories and Survey
Public comments on this notice close on this date.
- Dec21MonComment DeadlineAnimal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceMinimum Maturation Temperature for Beef and Ovine Meat From Regions Affected With Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Public comments on this proposed rule close on this date.
January 2027
- Jan27WedMeetingNatural Resources Conservation ServiceNew Hampshire State Technical Committee Meeting, January 2027
January 27, 2027