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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order to create two task forces to investigate whether anti-competitive behavior like price fixing in food supply chains is contributing to higher costs.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is once again spreading through poultry flocks across the U.S., but on a smaller scale than past outbreaks. Still, experts warn that an uptick in cases could occur this winter.

Groups representing different sectors of the cannabis industry are at odds over the recently passed hemp legislation that seeks to rein in purveyors of hemp-derived products containing THC, the cannabinoid that produces the high sought by consumers.

Tyson Foods is laying off nearly 2,000 workers at its beef processing plant in Amarillo, Texas, on the heels of the company's announced cuts in Lexington, Nebraska, home of another one of its major facilities. The workforce reductions come amid cattle shortages, surging beef prices for consumers and the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. 

The Trump administration's demands for state data to carry out its investigation of waste, fraud and abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are meeting resistance both from Democratic-led states and from Democrats in Congress. State officials also are puzzled by estimates USDA has released. 

The Senate passed a bill by unanimous consent Thursday to allow whole and 2% milk to be served at school meals. The measure now goes to the House for approval.

House and Senate Democrats strongly criticized the Trump administration and congressional Republicans for attacks on SNAP as they announced legislation to undo cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

California walnut growers and handlers don’t want you to stop baking banana walnut bread or other traditional favorites anytime soon. But they do want you to start looking for their products in some innovative new places like creamers, parfaits, sauces, plant-based tacos and the produce aisle

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual survey shows consumers will pay 5% less for Thanksgiving dinner this year than in 2024, despite an increase in wholesale turkey prices. It is the third straight decline in the cost of Thanksgiving dinner after a record high in 2022.

Nine years ago, lawmakers thought they had settled the issue of GMO labeling. A law passed in the summer of 2016 after months of negotiation shut down state labeling requirements and gave companies a way to keep biotech information off food labels. But a protracted legal battle is forcing USDA to rework key aspects of the labeling regulations.