More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service further postpones effective date for Horse Protection Act final rule to Feb. 1, 2026.

USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (USDA-APHIS-WS) reports that the bird, a hybrid duck (part mallard), was among 10 wild bird samples collected from the North Shore.

A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program in the West within two years. The agency’s Animal and Plant […] ...

APHIS is proposing a rule to build upon the pilot program and establish US SHIP as a national voluntary livestock improvement program.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii farmers and food security advocates are calling on state lawmakers to pass a funding bill that mirror’s programs recently cancelled by federal funding cuts.

The USDA described last year's outbreak as "unprecedented," and called it the worst infestation of invasive fruit flies that California had seen in at least a century.

Bird flu strain found in wild birds detected in dairy cattle for 1st time A strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cows in Nevada, according to the USDA.

Working closely with colleagues from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Hawaii Pride LLC and local growers and exporters, Follett found that a generic dose of 150 grays ...