Bridge payments are authorized through the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and will be administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). The assistance is intended to support producers until ...

The Trump administration's federal workforce cuts shrunk U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies that inspect produce, ...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s new “One Farmer, One File” initiative, which ...

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...

Under the Foreign Market Development Program, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service allocated more than $31 million to 18 trade organizations representing American agricultural producers. The Market ...

Some USDA office functions will be suspended during the government shutdown. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung) Nearly half of U.S. Department of Agriculture employees will be furloughed during the federal ...

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...

USDA announces programs to help Louisiana farmers after winter ice storm ...

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. The school district received federal funds through the USDA's Local Food for ...