Agriculture Department Moves to Rehire Some Bird Flu Response Workers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to reverse the firing of some employees who were involved in responding to the ...
Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response
The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts ...
Company says it received conditional approval for bird flu vaccine from US Department of Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture last week issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine for use in chickens, as an ...
Maine leaders urge US Department of Agriculture to release funding
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry is urging the new head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Bird flu outbreak tests new U.S. agriculture secretary as Texas farmers remain on edge
Pressure is building Rollins and the Trump administration to address the outbreak as Texas farmers remain on edge.
Brooke Rollins, 52, is second woman to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture
Rollins is just the second woman to head the agency. Ann Veneman of California was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.
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USDA suspends HBCU scholarship program; Alabama A&M University received 17 of the 94 awards last fall
In 2024, 94 students were awarded the scholarship. Scholars must commit to at least one year of service to USDA for each year ...
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Iowa lawmakers react to confirmation of Brooke Rollins as agriculture secretary
Iowa Republican politicians and other state agriculture leaders have praised the confirmation of Brooke Rollins, an attorney ...
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Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life
The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter Friday threatening the federal funding of any academic institution that considers race in most aspects of student life. The letter ...
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Fast Facts About Agriculture & Food
1.9 million farms dot America’s rural landscape, and 95% are operated by families – individuals, family partnerships or family corporations (USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022). Family farms and ranches ...