Jennifer Gilkerson never imagined that her West Virginia farm’s freeze-dried fruits would get caught up in political fights ...

February 19, 2025 USDA works to rehire bird flu officials it fired, NBC news reports The United States Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that it accidentally fired several agency employees ...

Gov. Janet Mills and Donald Trump publicly fought in February over the state of Maine failing to comply with a presidential executive order on women's sports.

As bird flu continues to spread, impacting poultry farms and the price of eggs, the Agriculture Department says it's almost doubling the amount spent to combat it.

Farmers thrive on predictability,” said Anson Tebbetts, secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. “But we're not in that space right now. So I think everyone is taking it day to day.” ...

The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the ...

The funding freeze affects millions of dollars supporting Maine’s agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry industries.

Broome-Tioga BOCES Food Services relied on around $300,000 in federal funds to purchase food supplies for 15 school districts in the Southern Tier.

An independent federal board has ordered the United States Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired during President Donald Trump’s ...