EXCLUSIVE — Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is abandoning its defense of Biden-era programming that gives preferential treatment to farmers based on race and gender ...

President Donald Trump is proposing to slash non-defense spending by nearly 23% in a fiscal 2026 budget that recommends a $5 billion cut to USDA programs, including agricultural research, ...

(WSAW) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a second round of payments for specialty crop producers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. It will ...

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In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat in Kress, Texas. Funding freezes threaten to halt the $11 billion dedicated to two land conservation ...

Farmers markets are in full swing this summer, bringing fresh food to communities. These markets, along with food hubs and other local food businesses, play an important role in rural economies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled $500 million in food purchases for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Ozarks Food Harvest anticipates a $3 million loss in food, impacting ...