Democratic lawmakers expressed "deep concern" about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's intent to collect the personal data of tens of millions of federal food assistance recipients and sent ...

Accordingly, on December 17, 2024, APHIS added El Salvador to the list of regions APHIS considers affected with screwworm. On January 3, 2025, WOAH received a report from Belize documenting an ...

Connecticut News Invasive ant species known for ‘wicked’ sting spreading in U.S. Here’s why CT should be concerned. Asian needle ant (Photo/Credit Eli Sarnat, Antkey, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood ...

Over 1,300 APHIS employees took buyout offers, leaving the agency with a 15% smaller workforce than last fall. More than 1,200 at the Agricultural Research Service accepted DRP offers, or more ...

Under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026, Agricultural Research Service units on campus would be closed and consolidated with facilities in Peoria, Columbia, Mo., and ...

Currently, the federal firefighting force is split between the U.S. Forest Service, under the USDA, and four other agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, under Interior. Earlier this year, ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Stephen Vaden as the Deputy Ag Secretary at the USDA. Vaden is a former judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade. He also served as the General Counsel for USDA ...