During multiple fly-ins and town hall meetings, farmers and others working in the food system have been asking their representatives in D.C. for help ...
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Over the past several weeks, farmers and farm groups with USDA grant contracts have been reeling from uncertainty caused by the agency’s funding freeze. At ...
The USDA now predicts that egg prices will rise at least 41% this year, further driving up already record-high prices. Just last month, ...
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted a “DOGE update” video on Instagram with a caption announcing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...
With a broad pause on grant funding still in place across many USDA programs and grant cancellations beginning to roll out, the agency is now facing a ...
Nelson, whose farm is in the northeast corner of Louisiana, sees a desperate need for the SFFA’s reinvestment in smaller operations. Small farmers near him ...
On March 17, the USDA extended waivers that currently allow some meatpacking plants to process pigs and chickens at faster speeds and announced it is ...
The USDA announced today it would roll out economic relief payments to commodity farmers starting tomorrow, two days ahead of the deadline set by Congress. ...
In November, after months of finishing complicated paperwork, developing infrastructure, and building relationships, the pieces were finally in place for ...