Incursion of non-native fruit flies requires $129M in emergency funding
An incursion of non-native tephritid fruit fly species such as the Mediterranean fruit fly and Mexican fruit fly is intensifying and requires emergency funding, U.S.…
Agriculture Department says loan guarantees for wood processing will help forests, American workers
According to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (pictured in 2023), USDA's Rural Development is partnering with the Forest Service to support timber industry innovations that…
Eggs scarcer, prices soaring ahead of holiday season due to avian influenza
Egg prices have soared ahead of the holiday season this year due to continuing outbreaks of a virulent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza. File…
South Dakota landowners, legislature at odds over Summit carbon pipeline
Ed Fischbach, a landowner from Spink County, SD, and member of the South Dakota Easement Team, speaks out against RL 21 during a landowner meeting…
Biden announces rural clean energy investment during Wisconsin trip
1 of 2 | President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn after landing at the White House Thursday following his return from Wisconsin where…
Biden touts investments in clean rural energy during trip to Wisconsin
1 of 2 | President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn after landing at the White House Thursday following his return from Wisconsin where…
Biden admin. announces plan to pay Western farms to conserve water
Declining water levels due to climate change and 20 years of ongoing drought have reshaped Lake Mead's shorelines as seen in this file photo on…
Biden signs 2 proclamations expanding California landmarks
1 of 2 | The snow capped San Gabriel Mountains are seen looking north from the Interstate 10 and 15 interchange in Ontario, Calif. Photo…
USDA announces new school meal standards that call for less sugar, salt in students’ food
Sack lunches wait for people driving up at Fern Ridge Elementary School in Chesterfield, Mo., during the COVID-19 pandemic on March 24, 2020. New federal…