Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items ...

Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...

US Agency for International Development funds financed many forms of university ag research. Now the money is gone, and so is ...

At peak harvest, an estimated 500,000 workers are needed in California to pick, pack and ship fruit and nuts all over the ...

Across the country this morning, men and women in every region and every state are rising to grow the food, fiber and renewable fuel Americans depend on.

Whether called sustainable, climate-smart or regenerative, agricultural practices restore land health and address ...

In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across much of eastern North America and showed the rate at which introduced species are spreading has increased ...

The USDA provides economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others ...

Most farms were geared toward production for the family, but the rapid growth in population and the expansion of the frontier opened up large numbers of new farms. The number of farms, in fact, grew ...