New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

The $700 million regenerative agriculture program is riding on the dovetails of the department's "Make America Healthy Again" ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on December 30, 2025, several coordinated actions intended to emphasize American agricultural research and innovation “by ens ...

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early in the morning last Monday, a group of third graders huddled in the garden of ...

The Trump administration has been working overtime to portray itself as the savior of America’s farms and food security when, in fact, it’s become our food system’s greatest threat. The recent ...

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer support solar and wind projects on productive farmland, said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a post on X on Monday. The ...