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

APHIS is taking this action because of citrus greening detections in plant tissue samples collected from residential ...

On June 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) began a public ...

"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 ...

(Photo courtesy of USDA-APHIS) The USDA again closed the Mexican border to live cattle, bison and horse imports as the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating maggot, spreads farther north toward 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 ...

KEVIN SHEA: It's been pretty shocking. HSU: Shea spent 45 years at USDA, most of that at APHIS. He retired in January. SHEA: There's no way APHIS can do its job with 1,300 fewer people.

As such, effective immediately, the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in conjunction with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will restrict the importation of live animal commodities ...