House members are aiming to standardize future roll-outs of specialty crop disaster aid with farm bill provisions that would set rules for the Agriculture Department to follow when doling out future ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

The Justice Department will no longer defend some farm program benefits targeted to “socially disadvantaged” producers, Solicitor General John Sauer says in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, ...

The bill would require the state education department to partner with agricultural groups to create lesson plans and support schools that opt to join the program.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that several programs are now open to Louisiana farmers and livestock producers following January’s winter ice storm.

'We're in a crisis right now:' Arkansas leads U.S. in farm bankruptcies Arkansas led the U.S. in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies last year with 33, as the agriculture economy's crisis continues to take ...

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening applications on Monday for the Farmer Bridge Assistance program. This initiative will allocate up to $11 billion to support row crop ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The United States Department of Agriculture says the Valley is losing hundreds of farms a year, and California growers say more could soon be put out of business. $48 million ...

The Master Agriculturist program is one of the longest-running career-achievement honors programs in American agriculture, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ensuring support and assistance for farmers and livestock producers who are working to recover from losses and damages incurred from the adverse ...

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In agricultural settings, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have entered soil and water through many routes, including proximity to point sources, the application of biosolids, and ...