During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing in July, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) spoke about Department of Agriculture ...

In a controversial move, some U.S. states have agreed to share sensitive personal data of SNAP beneficiaries with federal ...

The average age of farmers in the United States is 58. Industry leaders are worried about what will happen when they retire.

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday allowed six additional states to bar participants in the ...

Alameda County successfully eradicated the Medfly infestation, ending a quarantine and ongoing pest-control efforts.

The United States Department of Agriculture will reorganize, refocusing core operations to support American farming, ranching and forestry, the USDA announced.

As head of the United States Department of Agriculture, Rollins will lead a 100,000-person agency with offices in every county in the country, whose remit includes farm and nutrition programs ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Researchers at the University of Houston were selected to be part of a $7.9 million project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture to investigate how to ...

DELAWARE -- As dead and sick birds presumed to have avian influenza continue to appear in Delaware, DNREC officials announced a collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture to ...

Without that, the new department will become official on July 1. Among the 50 states, only Alaska and Rhode Island lack a cabinet-level Department of Agriculture.