The Agriculture Department has halted millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks without explanation, according to food bank leaders in six states. USDA had previously allocated $500 ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will start accepting applications for the $10 billion in market-based assistance passed by Congress as part of year-end legislation in December, Sen.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on March 18 its rollout of a $10 billion program designed to provide relief to ag producers for losses due to falling commodity prices. The money for ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers ...

Before he was abruptly fired last month, Derek Copeland worked as a trainer at the US Department of Agriculture’s National Dog Detection Training Center, preparing beagles and Labrador ...

With on-off trade tariffs targeting Canada, Mexico, China and Europe, the Trump administration's effort to boost domestic capability may have the reverse effect. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images ...

USDA is nearing its March 21 deadline to open applications for $10 billion in economic assistance approved by Congress in December. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said her agency is on track to ...

But that’s about to end. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it’s canceling the two Biden-era programs that paid for all that fresh, local food because it says they “no longer ...

In March 2025, social media users claimed (archived) that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had rehired 6,000 employees after they were fired in February as part of the Trump administration's ...

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided ...

USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for ...

In 2023 before Maine received federal LFS funding, schools in the Pine Tree State spent just more than $168,000 on local food, Korsen said. These USDA programmatic cuts are separate from those that ...