Heather Fuller has moved up to vice president of sales at Braga Fresh and Jill Scofield has been hired by the North American Blueberry Council and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.

President Joe Biden has nominated Doug Parker to be the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the Department of Labor and plans to nominate Republican Cindy McCain as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme.

The Agriculture Department is working to get some new coronavirus relief assistance to farmers as soon as possible, but much of the work may not be completed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in two weeks.

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service announced that a harmless airborne fungus, can dramatically accelerate plant growth if a germinating plant is near the fungus as it emits volatiles or gases.

A group of scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service released the first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet on Thursday.

USDA developers hope a new red spinach will add more variety and healthy options to your plate while expanding consumption.

A new USDA honeybee research lab has opened at UC Davis. USDA's Agricultural Research Service says the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility will focus on developing technology to improve colony survivorship through long-term studies of multiple stress factors.