EPA renewed the charter for the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee, which provides advice and recommendations to the Administrator on environmental issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and rural communities, for an additional two years. 

The Federal Housing Finance Agency seeks comment on residential energy retrofitting programs financed through special state legislation enabling a "super-priority lien" over existing and subsequent first mortgages. 

The Commodity Credit Corporation made interim changes to the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to conform with the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

The Commodity Credit Corporation made changes to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to conform with the Agricutural Improvement Act of 2018.

The Commodity Credit Corporation revised regulations for the Conservation Reserve Program to specify the terms and conditions of the program and implement amendments made by the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018.

The Commodity Credit Corporation announced and seeks comment on interim amendments to existing regulations for the conservation stewardship program that would incorporate programmatic changes as authorized by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

The president issued Executive Order No. 13874, Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, which directs EPA, FDA, and USDA to streamline regulatory processes for agricultural biotechnology products to ensure public confidence in the oversight of such products and promote future innovation and competitiveness.

The president issued Exec. Order No. 13855, Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk; the order directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to implement policies and develop plans to manage fire risk across landscapes and reduce hazardous fuels through active forest management.

The Agricultural Marketing Service amended the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances provisions under the National Organic Program, adding 16 new allowed substances and changing the use restrictions for 17 allowed substances, among other revisions.

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service established a new national mandatory bioengineered (BE) food disclosure standard that requires food manufacturers, importers, and other entities that label food for retail sale to disclose information about BE food and BE food ingredients.