Whitney Forman-Cook

The Agriculture Department could put critical wildlife habitat at risk across the upper Midwest by changing the way it maps wetlands in four states, according to conservation groups and an association of state wildlife agencies.

The National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM) says the white potato is now OK to be added to the official shopping list for USDAðs Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

A group of Christian leaders known as the Circle of Protection is once again inviting presidential candidates to submit brief video statements outlining their proposals to improve the well-being of hungry and impoverished Americans.

USDA is making $18 million available to assist in the education and development of the next generation of farmers.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack joined with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) chief Jason Weller and Thomas Tidwell, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, on Tuesday to mark 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS).