Following a New World screwworm assessment by USDA staff in Mexico and ongoing conversations between Secretary Rollins and ...

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.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service further postpones effective date for Horse Protection Act final rule to Feb. 1, 2026. ... APHIS is also taking public comment on the delay.

On June 18, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a bold plan to combat New World screwworm (NWS). This plan calls for innovation to eradicate this pest from Mexico and Central ...

"To date, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s H5N1 HPAI response efforts have not been impacted," McDowell said, adding, "We remain in daily communication with our USDA APHIS ...

USDA animal and plant health staff exodus raises fears on farms More than a thousand people who worked to keep American ... Kevin Shea spent 45 years at the USDA, most of that time at APHIS.

The USDA said that despite confirmation of the first D1.1 strain among cattle, it does not change its strategy for detecting ...

"USDA APHIS continues to work with the Nevada Department of Agriculture by conducting additional on-farm investigation, testing, and gathering additional epidemiological information to better ...

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which includes the National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office, is headquartered in Maryland but has major facilities ...