Tag: USDA

Administered by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the new Regenerative Pilot Program will deliver a “streamlined, outcome-based conservation model." The funding comes only months after the Trump administration canceled the $3 billion Biden-era Climate-Smart Commodities program, which incentivized farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through conservation practices.

A fact check of White House claims on farm aid shows tariffs hurt U.S. agriculture, boosted bailouts and contradict rhetoric about a “war on farmers.”

The ongoing government shutdown is an inconvenience for farmers missing payments from the USDA. But if the impasse over federal spending drags on for weeks, it could grow much more dire for the nation’s agriculture community.

The government shutdown on Oct. 1 closed federal offices across the country, but it’s also impacted at least one county agency that works directly with farmers.

The affected animal, an 8-month-old cow, had recently been transported to a certified feedlot in Nuevo León from southern Mexico, where active screwworm cases are present.

Alan Guebert considers the Trump administration's sweeping USDA reorganization, warning that past agency relocations drained staff and sparked backlash.

Alan Guebert breaks his golden rule not to respond to reader comments to answer a good question about SNAP and farm subsidies.

The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest summer numbers since 1973, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report.

The Trump Administration's ICE raids are sweeping across the country, but they underscore the importance of farm labor and reform to the H-2A program.

New research conducted by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service finds varroa mites are responsible for recording break commercial beekeeping losses.