To strengthen national swine disease traceability, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing no-cost RFID eartags for sow and ...

A labor union representing USDA plant protection inspectors has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to revoke their collective bargaining rights. The complaint filed by the ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to terminate union contracts with thousands of employees of its animal health and food safety inspection agencies, according to ...

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The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. Q. I’m seeing small insects on the stems of my ...

As the Trump administration marches forward with its plan to dramatically slash the federal workforce, agencies are bidding farewell to employees who have agreed to resign now in exchange for pay and ...

An unpleasant parasite spread by flies was kicked out of the U.S. decades ago — but now it seems to be making its return. As a result, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is changing strategies to ...

Some federal agencies are asking employees to reconsider their plans to leave government or requiring those it has designated for termination to come back to work, as the Trump administration seeks to ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scrambling to rehire "several" fired employees who play a key role in the agency's response to bird flu, an agency spokesperson has acknowledged. NBC News first ...

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on January 23, 2025, that it is reinstating its legacy notification procedure as of February 7, 2025, providing a streamlined ...