11 executive order. These plans were not publicly available at the time of this writing, and it was unclear how they would affect USDA probationary employees. The Office of Special Counsel is a ...

The mission of USDA's Economic Research Service is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic ...

According to reporting from CBS News, citing the project’s publicly filed documentation posted on the USDA website, the goal of the study, titled “Farm to Feminine Hygiene,” was to examine ...

Fertilizer, fuel and oil, and pesticides prices are projected to be lower than 2024 prices (Carrie Litkowski, Agricultural Outlook Forum 2025, USDA/ERS). Fertilizer costs were projected to be 11% ...

A USDA spokesperson said in an emailed statement the program cancellations weren't "an abrupt shift" and that just last week the agency released "over half a billion in previously obligated funds." ...

Recently, they’ve been selling about $65,000 worth of their produce to local schools and food banks through these USDA programs. “And this season, we were anticipating for those numbers to ...

States were notified recently that the USDA had cut the funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program for 2025, the organization School Nutrition Association said in a news ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has canceled approximately $1 billion in food purchasing from local farmers for schools and food banks. Around $660 million that would go towards schools ...

The USDA said it will use the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide the funding to address a virus that has sickened 138 flocks in the last 30 days. The aid will include $500 million for ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

Usually the country supplies about 70 million eggs to the U.S., but has said it will send about 420 million this year, USDA chief of staff Kailee Tkacz Buller said during a press conference Wednesday.

The School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria workers and directors nationwide, said in a press release that the USDA cut the $660 million Local Food for Schools program for 2025.