US Beefs Up Campaign for Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Meat, Poultry Packaging June 15, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and...
Viewpoint: Interest in America’s World-Class Crop Insurance Continues to Grow February 8, 2023 By Marcia Bunger Now standing firmly one month into 2023, we can look back at the previous year with pride that we were...
USDA Rolls Out Rule to Stop Fraud in Organic Food Sales January 19, 2023 By Tom Polansek The U.S. government plans to impose new regulations on food producers and handlers aimed at reducing fraudulent schemes in which...
Fighting Food Poisoning: Sweeping Poultry Changes Proposed October 18, 2022 By David Pitt The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that...
US Asks Farmers: Can You Plant 2 Crops Instead of 1? September 2, 2022 By Scott McFetridge There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries...
Iowa Egg, Turkey Farms to Lose 5M Birds to Bird Flu April 7, 2022 By David Pitt Bird flu has infected two more farms in Iowa, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys, officials...
New Strain of Bird Flu Related to 2015 Virus February 17, 2022 By David Pitt Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and taking steps to increase biosecurity,...
Extreme Drought in U.S. Prompts Emergency Crop Insurance Procedures July 14, 2021 Responding to extreme drought conditions in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures...
USDA Names Louisiana Hurricane Natural Disaster Areas; Ag Producers Eligible for Aid December 7, 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated several parishes disaster areas as a result of damage and losses caused...
U.S. to Research Transmission of COVID-19 in Beef Supply Chain September 28, 2020 By P.J. Huffstutter The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a $1 million research project to identify how the virus that causes COVID-19...