A veterinarian reportedly entered a pen where a pig with a rectal prolapse was being isolated with five other pigs who were unable to walk normally, according to the USDA report. There was ...

PETA is asking the Sherburne County attorney to explore criminal charges against a pig farm with a USDA inspection report violation.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly known as PETA, is asking the Sherburne County Attorney's Office to investigate a pig farm after a recent report of animal neglect. The animal ...

Haiti's Greatest Loss, a WLRN original production, reveals the devastating impact of the pig's eradication in 1978, sparked by an African swine flu outbreak, and how it ravaged Haiti's economy, ...

Last May, one inspector documented “general filth” in a room at the Indiana plant. The U.S. Agriculture Department released the inspection records in response to Freedom of Information Act ...

Kathleen Merrigan has received several grants from USDA. Previously she was employed by the agency as Deputy Secretary (2009-2013) and Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator (1999-2001 ...

can operate at faster speeds through May 15 and were the basis for the USDA studies. The line speeds, the rate at which animals are slaughtered and processed, have long been a point of contention ...

Hoskins, who joined the Senate Agriculture Committee staff in 2021 after leaving USDA, would oversee the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. While at ...

USDA loans are guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, so they don't require a down payment or private mortgage insurance. That makes them a great option for first-time homebuyers ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services is once again hosting the “I Protect Pigs” ...