Bird flu has wiped nearly all of Hickman's Family Farms' chickens in Arizona, forcing the Southwest's largest egg producer to ...

"There's no way APHIS can do its job with 1,300 fewer people," says Kevin Shea, a 45-year veteran of USDA who led APHIS for 11 of those years. He retired in January after helping with the ...

"There's no way APHIS can do its job with 1,300 fewer people," says Kevin Shea, a 45-year veteran of USDA who led APHIS for 11 of those years. He retired in January after helping with the ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a fungus classified “as a potential agroterrorism weapon” that could decimate crops and impact human health into the US last summer in a wad of ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulates the importation of ... t occur at all in the United States, that are on APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) watch ...

Since January 2022, USDA APHIS has been responding to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Historically, avian influenza outbreaks last for a few months and naturally subside as the ...

USDA/APHIS, in collaboration with the CDFA, has expanded the quarantine area for citrus greening due to new detections in ...

David Bergman, Arizona state director of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, estimates there are fewer than 10 hogs left at Havasu. “As for Arizona, our goal is eradication,” Bergman says.