USDA data blackout fuels uncertainty ahead of upcoming crop report

A crop data blackout during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown has led to the widest range of analyst estimates in a ...

USDA Still Sees Record U.S. Crop Output This Year

The USDA projects the 2025/26 corn crop at 16.75 billion bushels, down from the agency’s previous estimate of 16.81 billion ...

USDA data casts doubt on China's soybean purchase promises touted by Trump

New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of ...
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USDA Provides Shock and Disappointment in November Reports

The biggest surprise came from the agency lowering corn yield less than a bushel and soybean exports by 50 million bushels.
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USDA worker appeals firing for talking to press about food assistance during shutdown

In a written response to a question about Mei’s firing, a spokesperson for the USDA said, “during a lapse in appropriations, ...
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Bearish WASDE report as USDA reports restart

U.S. corn production was estimated at 16.752 billion bushels, September was 16.814 billion bushels. The average trade ...

Full SNAP benefits must be paid ‘promptly,’ USDA tells states as government reopens

The back-and-forth legal battle over the nation's largest food assistance program has come to an end now that the shutdown ...

Judge blocks enforcement of USDA memo that instructed states to 'undo' efforts to disburse full November SNAP benefits

The judge's temporary order halted enforcement of the latest guidance from the Trump administration, which came after the ...

USDA searched for terms like 'diversity,' 'climate modeling' to target grants for cancellation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture directed its staff to identify grants for possible termination in the early months of the ...

USDA to open new screwworm-fighting facility in Mexico

The United States Department of Agriculture is opening a new sterile fly dispersal facility to combat the spread of New World ...

Pressley, Markey defend federal worker that USDA plans to fire over TV interview

The two Congress members are demanding that the federal worker be reinstated in a letter to the Department of Agriculture.

USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP will now have to reapply

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the Trump administration is planning to have all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries reapply for the program due ...