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USDA has launched a new effort to help farmers and ranchers who have been targeted by "unfair and politically motivated lawfare" allegedly carried out by the Biden administration. The announcement came as Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and lawmakers celebrated the dropping of criminal charges against a South Dakota ranch family. 

As the House Agriculture Committee’s plan to find billions in savings begins to take shape, creating a state cost-share for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is being considered only as a last resort. 

As thousands of employees depart USDA, one area hit particularly hard is the Rural Development mission, which facilitates financing for everything from housing, hospitals and processing plants, to biofuel infrastructure and electric cooperatives.

China's phosphate fertilizer exports are severely lagging where they would normally be at this point in the year, prompting experts to warn that fertilizer prices will remain high.

The Make America Healthy Again movement, heralded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other members of the Trump administration, has long pinned the rise of chronic diseases on food chemicals and dyes. In an announcement last week laying out the federal government’s plan to eliminate synthetic dyes from the food supply, Kennedy set aim on another issue: Sugar. 

The Trump Administration is proposing to narrow the prohibition against "taking" endangered species by removing regulatory language allowing federal wildlife agencies to consider how species are harmed by habitat destruction.

The International Trade Commission on Tuesday voted to uphold new tariffs on imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China and India, after commissioners determined imports have undercut domestic products.

In its annual report on unfair trade practices stemming from countries’ abuse of intellectual property rights and protections, the U.S. Trade Representative again called out Europe for its use of geographic indicators. 

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking several steps to address contamination from PFAS chemicals, including implementing a testing strategy that will develop data based on “hazard characteristics and exposure pathways."

Rural Investment to Protect our Environment named Minnesota farmer Alana Petersen as president. The American Veterinary Medical Association hired Paul Gage as director of the federal government relations division. 

Bryce McWilliams joined the office of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., as a legislative assistant covering agriculture issues. Gary Wheeler resigned as CEO and executive director of Missouri Soybeans for personal reasons effective immediately. Jack Long joined the office of Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., as a legislative assistant covering agriculture issues.