The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Attracting a younger generation is key to building a sustainable food system, but getting access to land is a huge barrier to entering farming, according to a new survey.

The push for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, to shop online has been hailed by anti-hunger activists as a win-win solution to food insecurity. Locally, one out of every 10 households lacks access to affordable, healthy food on a consistent basis.

There is a limited amount of farmland, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand

The U.S. government has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states from Maine to Alabama

The first step to buying farmland in Minnesota is probably, well, already owning farmland.

The USDA advised buyers to dispose of the gluten-free tenders sold at BJs because they may contain small pieces of clear plastic and blue dye

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

U.S. beef supply could tighten in the coming year due to falling domestic production and lower carcass weights, while pork production is expected to rise in 2023. The differing supply-demand dynamics of the domestic pork and beef markets are reflected in the divergent forward curves of CME Lean Hog and…

Growers across the country are reckoning with a harsh new climate reality

Chantelle Gledhill said she felt "sick" and was left unable to eat after a hair and a nit were allegedly found in her four-year-old daughter's McDonald's soft drink

 "Washington State entomologists are asking the public to report sightings of the atlas moth after one was recently discovered."