animal protein and mushroom industries – it strikes at the very heart of the organic industry’s oversight and threatens to erode the seal’s authority. “By taking these actions, USDA really ...

In late April and early May 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry ...

The USDA withdrew a proposed rule regarding salmonella in poultry that small farmers feared would put them out of business. The American Pastured Poultry Association, a leading opponent of the ...

USDA is expected to offload one of its two Washington headquarters buildings, according to two employees familiar with the matter. The relocations will accompany widespread layoffs at the ...

“I see it on their faces every day. … This is a gap we will strive to fill.” The USDA canceled $500 million from The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, which provides American ...

The USDA’s purge has hurt farmers and advisers who rely on data provided by the agency to access financial support for conservation practices, said the Northeast Organic Farming Association of ...

"Having USDA delayed with a lot of uncertainty about whether or not it will actually come through is adding to that economic pressure in the countryside," he said. Missouri cattle producer Skylar ...

PHOENIX — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday announced awards for more than $4.37 billion in energy investments through the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by a strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea is ...

“The resulting public deception and confusion harms the reputation and integrity of the USDA seal, with the reputational harm extending to Pratum Farm as a single-farm organic certificate holder ...

“A school distribution list is not available at this time,” the USDA said in a statement on its website regarding the recall, which is linked to Oklahoma-based meatpacking giant BrucePa ...

Scientists from Mississippi State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, along with other federal and academic organizations, met recently to solidify plans ...