For years, SNAP has used taxpayer dollars to fund soda and candy — products that fuel America’s diabetes and chronic disease epidemics,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Staff and wire report The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Small Business Administration are offering assistance to people suffering from drought this year. A USDA release Friday said a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced loan interest rates for August 2025, which are effective Aug. 1, 2025. USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help ...

A deadly parasitic fly, the New World Screwworm, is heading toward Texas. It’s believed to be 370 miles south, flying north ...

APHIS declares August ‘Tree Check Month’ because this time of year is when the beetle and the damage it causes to trees are ...

A Trump administration plan to shutter one of the nation’s largest agricultural research centers in Prince George’s County ...

Megan O’Rourke, a former national science liaison for climate change at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, became the latest ...

It has been announced that a bipartisan legislation has been passed that has secured funding for both agriculture and ...

The USDA awarded the association, which represents family farmers who grow fresh produce and tree nuts in California, Arizona ...

But don’t forget to add food safety to the list. Young children, especially those under age five, are more likely to get seriously sick from foodborne illness. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

Now, NOAA said, populations of blue catfish exist in most of the Chesapeake Bay's river systems in both Maryland and Virginia. And they eat everything, including much of the seafood the bay is known ...

Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) has received federal approval to implement a new restriction on the purchase of soda using Supplemental ...