The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is requesting public comments on a proposal to establish an official program for safeguarding, improving and ...

The last House Ag Committee passed a farm bill; it needs to get to the president's desk to protect farmers, write G.T.

A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

A second strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cattle, marking the first confirmed infections of this particular ...

A UVA study uses satellite data to show that air pollution from industrial swine farms in Eastern North Carolina disproportionately affects marginalized communities. A groundbreaking study led by ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services is once again hosting the “I Protect Pigs” ...

Swine Flu' Strain Has Passed from Humans to Swine Nearly 400 Times Since 2009 July 27, 2023 — A new study of the strain of influenza A responsible for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- pdm09 -- shows ...

Workers on evisceration lines at poultry and swine plants are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders, studies released by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service conclude. But neither ...

This prompted Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to issue the following statement on January 13: “The findings in USDA’s report on worker safety in poultry and swine plants show that injuries, ...

Fears of African swine fever (ASF) are keeping raw ham from Italy, along with sausages made in Germany and other renowned meat products from Europe, off Japanese tables. The effort to contain the ...

The addition allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train, and authorize qualified persons for appointment by the management of any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction to detect and ...