Smith: Late in 2025, USDA announced the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program that set aside $12 billion in assistance for U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...

USDA wants farmers to focus on soil health and producing more nutritious food. To that end, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, along with Robert “F” Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, and Doctor Mehmet Oz, ...

At the 107th American Farm Bureau Federation Convention on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced expanded enrollment for 2026 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program ...

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country on Thursday, despite the ongoing government shutdown, to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the investment of up to $18 million in farm-to-school projects that plan to connect farmers to USDA’s child nutrition programs through local ...

In 2025, USAID — the previous home of Food for Peace — was eliminated through an executive order. Oversight of the Food for ...

Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and ...

PARKERSBURG — Agriculture is the spotlight of the 2026 Wood County Farmer’s Short Course, a learning opportunity for farmers ...

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it had improved and expanded its Farm to School Grant program and would invest up to $18 million to connect ...