Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Department of Agriculture

‘I’m buying repackaged meat from a tube?’: Woman talks to Publix butcher about label secrets. What she finds out is surprising

Many Americans don’t know a whole lot about where their food comes from. In 2017, the Washington Post claimed that 7 percent of Americans believed that chocolate milk came from brown cows. In the early 1990s, a Department of Agriculture study found that 1 in 5 Americans didn’t even know…

The Mary Sue

Ham salad brands recalled over listeria contamination fears

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health warning for Reser’s Fine Foods Ham Salad and Molly’s Kitchen Ham Salad over listeria contamination fears.

The Independent UK

Cuts to school lunch and food bank funding mean less fresh produce for children and families

The U.S. government recently cut more than US$1 billion in funding to two long-running programs that helped schools and food banks feed children and families in need. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the reductions are a “return to long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives.” But advocacy groups say the cuts will…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Solar panels’ shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years

Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall – but in a dry year, the shaded plants grew much better than those growing in full sun. That’s the result…

The Conversation

‘Deeply creepy’: Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs next to Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture

X users are scoffing at the banner, saying it has a ‘North Korean aesthetic’ and gives off ‘Saddam Hussein vibes’

The Independent UK

U.S. Halts Animal Imports From Mexico As Flesh-Eating New World Screwworm Sparks Alarm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a halt on imports of cattle, bison, and horses through the southern border.

Medical Daily

US egg shortage: Is Europe ready to help despite tariff tensions?

The US government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe domestic shortage.

Euronews

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause

US Department of Agriculture calls in university to help study decline as Trump administration staff cuts sting

The Guardian - US

DOGE suffers biggest loss yet as thousands of probationary USDA employees ordered back to work

5,600 probationary workers at Department of Agriculture will remain on the job for at least another 45 days

The Independent UK

Senate Confirms Brooke Rollins As Agriculture Secretary

Brooke Rollins confirmed as agriculture secretary, praised for bipartisan support and qualifications to lead the Department of Agriculture.

Top News

Trump administration erases mention of climate change and LGBTQ+ health data from key government sites

The changes come amid an overhaul of most Biden-era policies

The Independent UK

Agriculture secretary oversees food production, rural life, and nutrition programs that help millions afford healthy diets

Two years after President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture in 1862, he nicknamed it “the people’s department” because half of all Americans lived on farms at that time. Today, fewer than 2% of Americans farm, but the Agriculture Department still touches people’s lives in many ways.

The Conversation

The Trump Picks Who Could Decide Our Climate Future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's choices to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda.

Texas Observer

Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US. Why does that matter?

The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

The first case of bird flu has been found in a pig at an Oregon farm

Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza have continued to climb, now reaching nearly 40

The Conversation

America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why

Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene County, Tennessee, told me with a tinge of sadness.

The Conversation

Want to eat less meat and dairy? Here are your options for getting enough protein

As more people become aware of the environmental impact of making and consuming food and drink, there is renewed interest in many western countries in vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian diets, which come with lower carbon footprints.

The Independent UK

Eight people now dead in Boar’s Head deli meat listeria outbreak

At least 57 people have fallen ill and have required hospitalization due to the listeria outbreak

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

US introduces 'understandable' poultry restrictions

The Victorian poultry meat industry is unlikely to be badly affected by US import curbs prompted by a bird flu outbreak, according to a peak body.

WEKU

Some USDA programs have been mired in inequity. A panel's final report offers changes

An equity commission created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released over 60 recommendations it says will finally bring more fairness to policies affecting farming and rural America.

The Guardian - US

Ban on ‘cyanide bombs’ on US public lands celebrated as a win for wildlife

Move builds on decisions by states like Oregon to fully or partially prohibit the use of M-44s used to kill predators and other wildlife

WEKU

Kentucky Department of Agriculture names advisory council members for Raising Hope mental health pr

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has appointed its first advisory council for its Raising Hope mental health program. It helps give farmers and other rural Kentuckians easier access to resources.

WEKU

Eastern Kentuckians discuss flood recovery, infrastructure with USDA officials

United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Administrator Andrew Berke visited communities in eastern Kentucky last week. It was a chance for locals involved in the flood recovery process to talk about their continued needs.

The Texas Tribune

Texas agency renounces workplace training that mentioned gender identity definitions

The Texas Department of Agriculture’s elected leader, Sid Miller, has fought protections for trans workers.

The Conversation

3M offers $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination in water systems – now, how do you destroy a 'forever chemical'?

PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed better with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.