China’s soybean buying promises welcomed, but soaring costs worry farmers
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned…
Trump quadrupling Argentina beef tariff rate quota to 80,000 metric tons
By Jeff Mason, Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is quadrupling the…
USDA reopens county offices to support farmers despite the ongoing government shutdown
The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government…
New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say
(Corrects throughout that new human case of screwworm is not the first recorded case in U.S. history) By…
US plans $750M fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating parasite
The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies,…
USDA expects fewer employees will refuse relocation as laid-off feds struggle to find jobs
The Agriculture Department is planning to move significantly more of its employees out of the D.C. metro area…
USDA to relocate more than half of D.C. area employees under reorganization plan
USDA to relocate more than half of D.C. area employees under reorganization plan USDA said the reorganization plan…