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(Washington, D.C., May 28, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the Great American Cotton Plan (PDF, 2.7 MB), a comprehensive USDA initiative to strengthen the...
Read MoreThe year was 1988, and in rural Minnesota during the cold of winter, several dozen sustainable agriculture leaders across the Midwest gathered for the first time to build a policy campaign to address the aftermath of the farm crisis and build a more...
Read More(Kerrville, TX, May 27, 2026) – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, a state-of-the-art laboratory facility today that will provide the U.S. cattle...
Read More(Scott Township, Pa., May 26, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, along with U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, met with agricultural leaders today in Pennsylvania to announce U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance to help producers recover from...
Read More(Washington, D.C., May 19, 2026) - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined Montana Governor Greg Gianforte today as the Governor submitted a waiver to USDA to ban soft drinks, junk food, and candy from the state’s Supplemental Nutrition...
Read More(Washington, D.C., May 15, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide approximately $12 million to support efforts by States and Tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to control and prevent...
Read More(Washington, D.C., May 13, 2026) — The U.S. Forest Service today announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 in celebration of National Trails Day, providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests and grasslands.
(Washington, D.C., May 12, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced the removal of ten lenders from participation in the USDA Rural Development (RD) OneRD Guaranteed Lending Program. These...
Read More(Washington, D.C., May 8, 2026) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule implementing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, restoring whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk options in federal...
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