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Protecting US ag means training up expanded inspection force

10/16/19 6:30 AM By Ben Nuelle

After a neighbor’s feisty, big-boned, short-haired Belgian Malinois bit through her hand at age 3, Valerie Woo thought she would fear dogs for the rest of her life.

Ibach: USDA beef market investigation could conclude by year end

10/09/19 6:25 AM By Spencer Chase

An investigation of beef pricing practices in the aftermath of a Kansas slaughterhouse fire could be finished by the end of the year, a top USDA official says.

New hemp farmers need a plan, a purchaser, and patience

08/14/19 6:25 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

Farmers should join the enthusiasm about industrial hemp’s huge potential, ranging from medicinal uses to bioplastics, chemicals, fuels, paper and bioremediation – but proceed with caution.

Agencies outline progress on regulatory pathway for hemp

07/25/19 2:57 PM By Steve Davies

USDA, FDA and EPA say they are moving as quickly as they can to gather data and plug the regulatory gaps holding back potential hemp producers.

USDA resets its garden to focus on innovation

05/15/19 6:20 AM By Sara Wyant

If you visit USDA this summer and fall, or stop by the Farmer’s Garden on Fridays, you’ll have a chance to learn a bit more about modern farming and ranching – both conventional and organic.

USDA brings notable milk donation in visit to DC food bank

12/10/18 1:39 PM By Spencer Chase

A cadre of USDA and dairy industry officials gathered at a Northeast Washington facility Monday morning to drop off some milk and chat about food donation logistics.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Christiansen, Vroom and new USDA board appointments

10/17/18 6:00 AM By Agri-Pulse staff

The Forest Service has a new chief and USDA appointed several farmers and ranchers to new board positions.

Traceability push revives familiar challenges to data collection

10/03/18 6:42 AM By Spencer Chase

A nondescript press release could prove to be a starting point for transformational change in how beef cattle are tracked through the United States, or it could serve as another instance where the status quo proved too difficult to change.

Trade, disease threats key topics at World Pork Expo

06/07/18 5:40 PM By Delaney Howell

Trade was a major topic at this year’s World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, where USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach and Gregg Doud, chief agriculture negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, were among the speakers. But other topics, including a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank, were up for discussion.

Wanted: Strong soybean industry cooperation to maintain Chinese market access

02/28/18 6:36 AM By Bill Tomson

The USDA is expecting strong support from farmers, elevators and exporters in an urgent mission to reduce the amount of unwanted material like weed seeds in the U.S. soybean supply.

Opinion: How US foreign aid boosts the economy back home

Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public Land-Grant Universities, talks how foreign aid to low-income countries not only gives their economy a boost but gives the United States' economy a boost as well.