United States Department of Agriculture freezes promised farmer payments
Farmers in Iowa and eleven other midwestern states are not getting payments they were promised from the United States ...
Trump agriculture nominee, Brooke Rollins, clears key Senate hurdle ahead of confirmation vote
Brooke Rollins, the former president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, had earned broad support from farmers and ...
As bird flu spreads in cattle, some states still aren't part of US milk testing
Three of America’s top milk-producing states are not participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program designed ...
USDA inspector general didn't order 'mass extermination' of birds to drive up cost of poultry, eggs
Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.
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Agriculture Department Web Managers Ordered to Remove Climate Change From Sites
Website managers from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have ordered staff at multiple agencies to alter or ...
USDA: Second strain of bird flu detected in cattle for the first time
A second strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cattle, marking the first confirmed infections of this particular ...
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TX Agriculture Commissioner urges caution around mystery seed packages from Chinese vendors
One Texan reported ordering a dog toy from the Chinese vendor TEMU, only to receive a package of seeds instead. With the ...
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V.I. Health Department Monitoring Bird Flu as U.S. Cases Rise to 68
The V.I. Department of Health says it is “closely monitoring” the ongoing spread of H5N1 or Bird Flu on the mainland United ...
‘Never been seen before’: Nevada Agriculture officials on high alert after first human case of bird flu
The first human case of bird flu has been detected in Nevada. The CDC reported a Churchill County dairy farm worker tested ...
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and ...
How USAID cuts could potentially impact Iowa's agriculture industry
The Progressive Farmer estimates that USAID is responsible for about $2 billion in U.S. Agriculture commodity purchases annually for humanitarian food aid. Reuters reports that the U.S. has already ...