The 2020 guidelines recommended that Americans focus on protein such as poultry and other lean meats, seafood, eggs, legumes, ...

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

Are payment amounts for various crops equitable in the bridge assistance program? Kent Thiesse takes a closer look at the ...

Advocates, farmers, and businesses fear that funding into a loosely defined program will amount to greenwashing and undermine ...

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry." The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ...

The Trump administration has been working overtime to portray itself as the savior of America’s farms and food security when, in fact, it’s become our food system’s greatest threat. The recent ...

Eligible farmers and ranchers are now invited to apply for specific disaster relief. Chad Smith has details. Smith: The American Relief Act, passed in late 2024, authorized the Supplemental Disaster ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established a national Jan. 15, 2026, batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs.

A white barn in a field in Mansfield, Ohio (Mark Stebnicki Photo). SALEM, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new $700 million program to help American farmers adopt practices that ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, alongside U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz ...