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The Town of Mount Pleasant, SC has been placed under a quarantine to prevent the spread of the asian longhorned beetle.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a new New World screwworm response playbook outlining how federal, state, and ...
As the government shutdown continues, farmers have been feeling the pinch, which is why the Department of Agriculture is ...