In 2021, Faust filed a lawsuit against the USDA during the Biden administration for the Farmer Loan Forgiveness Plan, which a federal court determined unconstitutionally discriminated based on race.

USDA-APHIS started its review in 2020, followed by a public comment period in 2022 that drew thousands of positive responses from individuals and organizations nationwide. ESF submitted a revised ...

This action follows the USDA’s recent designation of Cibus’ disease resistance traits in Canola as not regulated, continuing Cibus’ product development momentum in the globally important ...

Consistent with other Cibus developed and advanced traits developed utilizing Cibus' Rapid Trait Development System™ (RTDS®), this most recent USDA-APHIS regulatory determination, along with others ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced on June 6 that he was suing the USDA for the $13 million in cancelled federal funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Assistance Program. Photo ...

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 wants to modernize farmer services, even as staffing cuts could hurt the effort The department plans to digitize farmer-facing applications that are still on paper.

The department plans to digitize farmer-facing applications that are still on paper.

The agency quietly removed webpages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued.

The USDA again closed the Mexican border to live cattle, bison and horse imports as the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot, spreads farther north toward the U.S. Agriculture Secretary […] ...

A USDA spokesperson said its most recent performance standards, set in 2016, regarding salmonella prevalence in food continue to be enforced.

Rollins Says USDA Will Announce Application Process for $21 Billion in Disaster Aid Within Days U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins testified in front of the Senate Appropriations ...