The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws. The USDA has ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

The addition allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train, and authorize qualified persons for appointment by the management of any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction to detect and ...

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 ...

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended ... A total of $227 million of those payments have gone to facilities that have had multiple outbreaks. APHIS said 67 commercial poultry ...

USDA- Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) final decision on proposed amendments to the pricing formulas governing all 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs), released Nov. 12, largely mirrors the ...

As part of its ongoing, multi-faceted efforts to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating its policy for pre ...

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seen in Washington ...

“USDA is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of animals protected under the Animal Welfare Act,” said Deputy Administrator for USDA’s Animal Care program Sarah Helming. “The ...

“USDA is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of animals protected under the Animal Welfare Act,” Deputy Administrator Sarah Helming for USDA’s Animal Care program said. “The partnership ...

Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. If you’re buying a home in a rural area (or even a suburb), a USDA loan may be an option. The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers ...

“Does God Exist?: The Cry of Man Asking for Salvation” is the title of a new interview book by Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Congregation — now Dicastery — for Divine ...