USDA Restores Some Climate-Related Webpages After Farmer Lawsuit May 14, 2025 By Leah Douglas The U.S. Department of Agriculture restored on May 13 some climate change-related webpages that the agency had deleted since President...
How Does Food Safety Work, and What Cuts Has Trump Made? May 9, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek Recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration, including staff cuts at the Food and Drug Administration, have raised questions among...
US House Democrats Open Investigation Into Kennedy Bird Flu Response April 2, 2025 By Leah Douglas Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
US Will Spend Up to $1 Billion to Combat Bird Flu, USDA Says February 27, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm January 14, 2025 By Tom Polansek Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal...
US Issues Order Mandating Bird Flu Testing of Milk Supply December 9, 2024 By Leah Douglas The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture...
Midwest Chicken Farmers Struggle to Feed Flocks After Closure of Producer October 21, 2024 By Summer Ballentine Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken...
Boar’s Head Faces Legal Scrutiny Over Deadly Listeria Outbreak October 1, 2024 By Jonel Aleccia Boar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by...
Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd July 18, 2024 By Tom Polansek and Brijesh Patel Oklahoma has become the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed...
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers Impacted by Recent Storms June 4, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responding to the agricultural devastation caused by tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest....