Circus elephant that escaped and was hit by SUV is OK; animal rights group files complaint An animal rights group on Friday asked ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance soared above 36 million for the first time in August, the eighth ...
Wet conditions continue to slow ND harvest; corn and sunflowers see significant delays Rain and snow continue to delay the harvest of late season crops in North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says statewide, on average, there were three days suitable ...
Schools improve overall in direct certification for school lunches, but some states lag Schools are doing a better job of identifying students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, but some states are much better than others, the Agriculture Department ...
Brownback says USDA animal disease lab will attract entrepreneurs to Kansas, help create jobs A federal animal disease lab headed to Kansas will likely bring along companies looking to profit from that research, Sen. Sam Brownback said Monday. Brownback, along with state ...
USDA: Vermont slaughterhouse closed for inhumane treatment, cited 3 times earlier this year A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed Friday after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department should tighten regulations for the transport and slaughter of veal calves to ensure they are not treated cruelly, the Humane Society of the United States said on Monday. The group petitioned the USDA to expand ...
Half of all American kids will receive food stamps at some point during childhood, report says Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and may have caused two deaths in the U.S. Northeast, health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday. The sick herd was found in Indiana, the USDA said, noting both the pigs and ...
Agencies fix glitch that confused US Social Security numbers with foreign ones Two federal agencies that put Americans at risk for identity-theft-like problems have fixed a glitch that linked U.S. Social Security numbers to those issued by three foreign countries, officials said. ...
Latest USDA crop report says Neb. harvest delays worst seen in decades; wet weather to blame Wet weather continues to stall fall harvest in Nebraska and officials say they haven't seen these kind of delays in decades. The latest weekly crop report ...
