CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety, the agency said on Friday, raising concerns about government ...

A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of Agriculture, according to a newly issued order obtained by CNN.

The Local Food Purchasing Assistance program helped farmer Ryan Marquart put money in his pocket while also providing fresh food to families in need.

The recent decision to eliminate the USDA’s National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and their National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection ...

The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said it will spend $1 billion to tackle the bird flu in a campaign to address soaring egg prices that appears, in a departure for the administration ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Brooke Rollins to be Agriculture secretary by a vote of 72-28, giving her the reins of a department trying to distribute $10 billion in recently appropriated farm ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked ready-to-eat meat and poultry pasties due to misbranding ...

The Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees has swept out workers across USDA, including loan analysts in Farm Service Agency field offices, ag scientists ...

Merit System Protection Board halts firing of USDA employees Judge blocked Trump from removing board's Democratic chair Watchdog agency says it is investigating other firings March 5 (Reuters ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided recipients with full tuition and fees for students studying agriculture, food or natural resource sciences at ...

While the full economic consequences of the trade war remain to be seen, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has promised to have a plan, such as the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), ready ...