AUSTIN, Texas - Mystery seed packets are back, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says. Miller says that the Texas Department of Agriculture recently was alerted to a mystery package containing ...

The directive from USDA’s office of communications, whose authenticity was validated by three people, could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture ...

The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws. The USDA has ...

Texas officials warned residents after a mysterious package from China containing unidentified seeds and liquid arrived in ...

USDA loans are guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, so they don't require a down payment or private mortgage insurance. That makes them a great option for first-time homebuyers ...

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. In late November, APHIS halted shipments of Mexican cattle and bison after a ...

Improved government oversight is needed, too, to prevent future outbreaks, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in the report. The FSIS review of the Boar's Head outbreak ...

Hoskins, who joined the Senate Agriculture Committee staff in 2021 after leaving USDA, would oversee the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. While at ...

The company’s remaining plants continue to operate under normal USDA oversight, they added. The Sarasota, Florida-based company has marketed itself for decades as a premier provider of deli ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Luke Lindberg to serve as the Agriculture Department’s trade undersecretary. Lindberg, a former Export-Import Bank official, would join from the America ...