Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit ...

Under President Trump, the USDA is rolling back programs intended to strengthen local food supply chains. Small scale farmers ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s announcement to create policy focused on the ...

A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection of the deer pen at Iron Mountain City Park may force the city’s hand in ...

More states continue to request permission to make changes to the SNAP program. U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says several states have already submitted waivers to USDA and the agency is beginning ...

The agency quietly removed webpages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today approved the first-ever waiver to redefine eligible food items under ...

Allison Thompson explains how recent USDA reports changed the outlooks for corn, soybeans and wheat and highlights potential ...

Just when it looked like egg prices might finally be coming down to Earth, the bird flu keeps reminding us it’s not done ruffling feathers. In March, the average cost of Grade A eggs in the U.S. hit a ...

Recipients in Nebraska will no longer be able to buy pop and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. This makes Nebraska the first state with such a waiver. Some neighboring states are trying to get their ...

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 ...