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Alaska loses $6 million of USDA funding towards farming and food business development
On Tuesday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated its Regional Food Business Centers (RFBC) program.
USDA Announces Recall of Over 24,000 Pounds of Sausage Due To Plastic Contamination
11-ounce vacuum-packed packages containing four pieces of "All Natural Al Fresco Chicken Sausage Sweet Apple with Vermont ...
China continues its effort to buy land in US, much of it near military bases
Companies associated with the Chinese Communist Party have been scooping up farmland throughout the United States. The vast ...
USDA cites Columbus Zoo for failure of door that resulted in lion’s death
A door dividing incompatible lions at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium broke in April, resulting in the death of a lion and a ...
Around 40% of farmworkers are undocumented, according to USDA data. Here's what that means
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42% of U.S. farmworkers from 2020 to 2022 did not have legal work ...
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USDA opens new food safety lab as part of comprehensive plan for a safer food system
ST. LOUIS — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially opened a new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory ...
Agriculture Department halts livestock trade at southern ports due to parasitic fly
New World screwworm flies are pests that can endanger the country's livestock and food supply if not properly eradicated.
The government plans to drop a horde of flies over Texas border. Here's why.
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
New class of Hispanic program participants learns about USDA policy, more
About 30 staff from Hispanic-serving U.S. universities met at the U.S. Agriculture Department part of a resurrected program ...
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USDA plan aims to eliminate Chinese ownership of U.S. agriculture land
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the National Farm Security Action Plan, focusing on ...
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USDA attempts to address national security vulnerabilities in American agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be working to implement a new, seven-point plan to make America’s farms and food supply more secure, it announced Tuesday.