USDA targets farm runoff in 41 watersheds feeding into Mississippi River The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff ...
USDA concern growing as reports shows states struggle to administer food stamps With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department ...
Arkansas farmers detail crop losses from flooding as congressional panel meets in Little Rock Arkansas farmers say that a record amount of rainfall and flooding this year has put a strain on their crops and their infrastructure. Farmers and farming advocacy groups ...
US Agriculture Department: South Dakota's red meat production decreases in October The U.S. Agriculture Department says commercial red meat production for South Dakota totaled 77.6 million pounds during October, down 22 percent from a year ago and down 1 percent from September's ...
Researchers ask whether caged egg-laying chickens are miserable stuffed into tiny cages Are cramped chickens crazy chickens? Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and ...
One company may have sold E.Coli-contaminated meat Two companies have pulled more than 4,000 pounds of meat and poultry products off the market because of possible heath concerns, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today. Fairbury Steaks, Inc. of Nebraska recalled ...
First lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, reacts as a student shows her lettuce he picked at the school's organic garden, during a visit to the Hollin Meadows Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, to highlight ...
Owner of Nebraska company says it's recovered all 90 pounds of ground beef in E. coli recall A Nebraska company says it has recovered the 90 pounds of ground beef listed in a federal recall report because of possible E. coli contamination. ...
Hunger levels at highest point since 1995, agency says More U.S. households are "food insecure," the U. S. Agriculture Department says, a result of a bad economy and high unemployment. USDA's Economic Research Service's annual report on Household Food Security in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Schools that serve more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal support rates than those serving less-healthier meals loaded with high fats and sugar, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday. Child nutrition programs, which ...
USDA says Nebraska corn harvest nearly half done and 3 weeks behind; soybeans almost all in Another relatively warm and dry week in Nebraska let farmers make up some harvest time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that as of Sunday, the ...
USDA: Progress made in harvest of cotton, other crops in Louisiana, Mississippi Farmers took advantage of the drier weather to make headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at ...
