Items Tagged with 'U.S. Department of Agriculture'

President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises – an aggressive trade agenda, a renewed focus on food inflation, and the use of a Republican-controlled House and Senate to enact a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that included major new agriculture spending. Take a look back at Agri-Pulse's top stories in 2025. 

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled a week-long schedule for the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3-8, including daily themes on Make America Healthy Again, preventing wildfires and spotlighting the American farmer. 

A California Department of Food and Agriculture-funded evaluation found that growers affected by Pierce’s disease would spend nearly $56 million more annually without official intervention.

A Terrain analysis found California's decrease in total processing tomato production is likely the result of industry stabilization following pandemic-era demand peaks.

In an effort to save the Food for Peace program amid the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, farm-state Republicans have proposed to move the program to the Agriculture Department. But aid experts and USAID veterans say it would take USDA years to build the expertise it needs.

In this opinion piece, Dave Puglia, the president and CEO of Western Growers, argues that the nation's food production is vulnerable to indiscriminate immigration sweeps amid congressional inaction on H-2A reforms.

In this opinion piece, Congressman Max Miller, highlights the importance of the U.S. agriculture industry to our economy and the strength of the food supply while emphasizing the need to pass an updated Farm Bill to address the challenges faced by the agriculture industry and consumers.