More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest that mass terminations have stalled irrigation ...

This story was originally published by Sentient. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Behavior Research Unit, the primary federal lab dedicated to farm animal welfare research, has been ...

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The number of farms in America has long been on a steady decline, shrinking by 9.9% from 2012 to 2022, according to the USDA ...

America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, ...

Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI ...

Thousands of farmers and a dozen rural electric cooperatives wait for news about billions in funds under Trump administration ‘review’ ...

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The flags of Mexico, Canada and the United States are shown near the Ambassador Bridge, on Feb. 3, 2025, in Detroit. photo by Paul Sancya, AP Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast ...

Egg prices remain volatile in the wake of the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, which have decimated commercial poultry and egg production across the U.S. At the end of 2024, the epidemic pushed egg prices ...