Meat, poultry and processed egg inspection.

Grain inspection, weighing, grading and IT support services funded by user fees.

Inspections for import and export activities to prevent the introduction and dissemination of pests into and out of the United States.

Forest Service law enforcement, emergency and natural disaster response.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households will receive benefits for January.

School lunch, school breakfast, child and adult care feeding, summer food service and special milk will continue into February.

USDA’s Market News.

Some farm payments (including direct payments, market assistance loans, market facilitation payments and disaster assistance programs) will continue for the first week of the shutdown.

Secure comprehensive market access for U.S. agricultural goods in Japan by reducing or eliminating tariffs.

Provide reasonable adjustment periods for U.S. import sensitive agricultural products, engaging in close consultation with Congress on such products before initiating tariff reduction negotiations.

Eliminate practices that unfairly decrease U.S. market access opportunities or distort agricultural markets to the detriment of the United States, including: non-tariff barriers that discriminate against U.S. agricultural goods; unfair or trade distorting activities of state trading enterprises or state-owned enterprises and other administrative mechanisms, with emphasis on requiring transparency in the operation of state trading enterprises and other such mechanisms in order to end cross subsidization, price discrimination and price undercutting; and restrictive rules in the administration of tariff rate quotas.

Promote greater regulatory compatibility to reduce burdens associated with unnecessary differences in regulations and standards, including through regulatory cooperation when appropriate.

Establish specific commitments for trade in products developed through agricultural biotechnologies, including on transparency and management of low-level presence issues, and a mechanism for exchange of information and enhanced cooperation on agricultural biotechnologies.