Tag: USDA
USDA faces massive staffing losses, proposed budget cuts
Over 15,000 USDA employees exit amid reorganization, budget cuts and legal challenges, raising concerns about impacts on farmers and agency morale.
US shuts southern border to livestock amid screwworm threat
US halts live animal imports from Mexico to stop deadly New World Screwworm, now less than 1,000 miles from Texas, from crossing the border.
After uncertainty, USDA ends Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities
USDA ended its Climate-Smart Commodities program, replacing it with a new initiative requiring 65% direct funding to farmers amid confusion and criticism.
Farmers, food banks reel as federal funding disappears
Farmers and food banks brace for the end of a key USDA program that linked local agriculture with hunger relief across the country.
Trouble is brewing for farmers as funding freeze continues
Rural businesses and farmers face financial turmoil as USDA funding freezes halt renewable energy projects and climate-smart grants, leaving many in limbo.
Farmers can apply for $10 billion in emergency commodity assistance
Applications are open for a new USDA program, the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program, that will give up to $10 billion in relief funding to producers.
Ag Outlook Forum blows up the market
The USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum released the projection that farmers would plant a record 94 million corn acres and produce 15.585 billion bushels.
Judge rules mass firings of federal workers are illegal
Federal judge rules mass firings of probationary workers illegal, impacting USDA and other agencies.
Cold shoulder: With funding frozen, ag conservation projects hang in balance
USDA funding freeze leaves farmers without promised reimbursements, risking conservation projects. A partial thaw offers hope, but uncertainty remains.
Opinion: USDA turmoil will set back farmers
Big changes are happening at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the name of efficiency, but it may spell trouble for farmers who are left in the lurch.
