The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is deploying extensive emergency resources to assist Central Texas communities impacted by ...

The invasive spotted lanternfly, a pest harmful to agriculture and forestry, has been detected in South Carolina. Clemson ...

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent (Dec. 12, 2024) a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting the U.S.

The Senate will start moving its fiscal 2026 spending bills, including the Agriculture bill that funds USDA and FDA. The ag ...

The Mexican government has started construction on a $51 million facility in southern Mexico as part of an effort to combat the New World screwworm that’s disrupted Mexican cattle exports to the U.S.

That confidence is backed by an ironclad, multi-layered safety protocol. Thanks to stringent USDA oversight, the U.S. and Mexico have maintained a safe cattle trade for decades. Under Secretary ...

The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...

Wischmeier, W.H. and Smith, D.D. (1978) Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses. A Guide to Conservation Planning. The USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 537, Maryland.

The USDA wants to deregulate (approve for release into the wild) the GM American chestnut tree in spite of the fact that it ...

In the last 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in: To... Read More ...