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Mass layoffs at USDA leave an uncertain future for researchers and rural areas
Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump ...
Agriculture secretary says USDA will pump $1 billion into tamping down bird flu, egg prices
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins vows to 'make eggs affordable again' by pumping $1 billion into fighting bird flu, which has cut ...
Fired USDA worker from Syracuse will be Schumer’s guest at Trump’s speech to Congress
Tiffany Ramos, a Trump supporter, wants him to know that USDA cutbacks will "be felt by every dinner table in America.” ...
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USDA announces 2025 enrollment periods for crop and dairy safety-net programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs — Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage as well as Dairy Margin Coverage. Agricultural ...
Lawsuit accuses USDA of illegally deleting climate data, withholding funds for farmers
A coalition of environmental and agricultural advocacy groups has sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture, accusing the ...
U.S. Agriculture Department suspends scholarships for students at historically Black colleges
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and ...
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USDA rushing to rescind mistaken firings of key bird flu response personnel
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...
USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that ...
Republicans seek to end taxpayer funding of 'green energy boondoggles' on agricultural lands
Wis., is introducing legislation, shared first with Fox News Digital, to end the use of taxpayer dollars to incentivize green ...
Farmers, green groups sue USDA over ‘unlawful purge’ of climate data
Farmers and green groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for an “unlawful purge” of climate data from its ...
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes ...
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In past year Agriculture Security Areas in Wayne rose to eight, with 11K acres enrolled
Once established, ASA-enrolled farms can apply for tax exemptions for new structures used exclusively for agricultural ...