Columbus Telegram6h
Planning for planting: Federal crop insurance sign-up deadline approaching
Federal crop insurance is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency and sold by private agents throughout the country.
With multiple tariffs looming, farmers who support Trump grow nervous
President Trump draws strong support from farm states. But the prospect of a trade war sequel has farmers who voted for him ...
Opinion
Pat Roberts: Patent bill puts American farmers at risk of foreign manipulation | Opinion
Congress should drop legislation that would enable patent trolls to disrupt the agriculture industry and raise consumers’ prices. | Opinion ...
AgWeb18h
EXCLUSIVE: As DOGE Works to Stop Wasteful Spending, Ag Secretary Rollins Says Vital Farm Programs Aren’t at Risk
During an exclusive interview with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at Top Producer Summit, Farm Journal asked Rollins if ...
Americans on food stamps could be banned from buying ‘bad food and sugary drinks,’ Trump USDA chief says
Americans on food stamps may be banned from using them to buy “sugary drinks” and other junk food, Agriculture Secretary ...
Asian Development Bank7d
Agriculture and Food Security
To transform agriculture in the region, ADB builds partnerships across developing Asia, including the private sector, to tackle difficult challenges such as climate change, nutrition insecurity, and ...
A Texan is taking over the USDA as it targets funding for food stamps and school nutrition
For the first time in the nation’s history, a Texan will be leading the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs federal nutrition programs like school lunches and food stamps. That became certain ...
cnbctv1813d
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Haiti and Mali. The US State Department and the World Food Programme did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
AgWeb24d
90% of Ag Economists Say RFK Jr. Wouldn’t Be Positive for U.S. Agriculture
Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, positive for U.S. agriculture? 90% of the economists surveyed said no. One economist said, “His disrespect for sc ...
The Straits Times24d
US investigates worrying bird flu strain on duck farm in California
New strains of bird flu are concerning as the disease has caused hundreds of deaths in people over the years, mainly via exposure to infected animals, and the US Department of Agriculture and ...
USA Today24d
Justice Department fires employees who worked on Donald Trump prosecutions under Jack Smith
The acting attorney general fired the officials because he doubted they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President’s agenda," a Justice Department official told USA TODAY.
theregister24d
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
The pause applies to "all US foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and US Agency for International Development" while these programs undergo a probe to "ensure they are ...