National Agricultural Statistics Service employees facing relocation are being offered incentives to leave or stay with the agency.

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday blamed the Biden administration’s “open-border policies” for the six confirmed cases of the New World screwworm that have reached the United States, repeating a theme among Republicans. Speaking to members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee during an oversight hearing, Rollins said it was the […]

The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump administration was focused on dismantling government.

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As part of its sweeping reorganization plans, the Agriculture Department is telling at least some federal employees they have until the end of the month to decide whether they will pick up and relocate — or otherwise resign from their jobs.

A second case of the flesh‑eating New World screwworm has been confirmed in Texas, only miles from the Mexican border, prompting Canada to shut its border to Texas livestock and Governor Greg Abbott to declare a state of disaster over what he warns is an “imminent threat.”

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USDA says containment efforts under way Feeder cattle futures rally over 3% Texas livestock industry faces up to $1.8 billion in economic losses if screwworm spreads, experts warn LA PRYOR, Texas — Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a U.S. farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, […]

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The USDA has confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the Texas $15 billion cattle industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala County at the its National Veterinary Services Laboratories in

USDA has been embarking on reorganization plans that involve relocating more than half of its D.C.-area workforce across the country by the end of the summer.

Agriculture Department Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday during a hearing explained how the Trump administration is working to combat food stamp fraud.

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Rural Maryland Council Executive Director Charlotte Davis says the federal agricultural research facility in Beltsville is "such an important part of the rural economy” -- which is why she and others are concerned about its threatened closure by the administration.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) secured a settlement that ended race- and sex-based farming programs, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

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Plaintiffs said Rollins' religious messages are “unconstitutionally coercive,” leaving USDA employees feeling “unwelcome, excluded and like outsiders.”

(RNS) — Asked to comment on the suit, a USDA spokesperson said: ‘While we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process.’

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forcing 200 Food Safety and Inspection Service employees to move from Washington D.C. to locations in Iowa, Georgia and Colorado.

The reorganization is being billed as a way to streamline support functions. About 100 employees will remain in Washington D.C., according

USDA saw a high rate of attrition when it asked fewer employees to move under the first Trump administration.

(RNS) — What if a food insecure senior felt coerced into joining in prayer or saying grace before receiving food from a church program supported by tax dollars?

More than half of USDA employees who received relocation notices under the first Trump administration left the agency rather than opt to move.

Back in February, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was desperately trying to get Cabinet officials to lock in.

Politico reported Wednesday that amid uproar over Donald Trump’s unpopular tariffs and the havoc wrought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the nation, Wiles told his Cabinet to focus on domestic travel and reaching out to voters ahead of the midterms rather than…

Democrats on a U.S. House spending panel slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to farm and nutrition programs Thursday, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged to collaborate with members of both parties to address their concerns.

Democrats on a U.S. House spending panel slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to farm and nutrition programs Thursday, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged to collaborate with members of both parties to address their concerns. The president’s budget request would make deep cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gutting programs to help feed […]

Plenty — far too much — to get angry about on today’s BradCast. Though we do find a bit of light among the darkness to help kick things off. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] FIRST UP… The good news: a federal judge in Indiana has blocked, for now, a law adopted by […]

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution explicitly protects freedom of religion, preventing the government from prohibiting the free exercise of one’s own beliefs, and forbidding the government from establishing an official religion or from favoring one over another.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration flagrantly defied it.

On Easter Sunday, Brooke Rollins, the secretary of the…

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared clueless Monday about the closures of forest research facilities she directed.

During a press conference at Michigan State University, a reporter asked Rollins whether the U.S. Forest Service offices would close in the state, as part of a so-called “common sense” restructuring that would result in the mass closure of 57 regional offices across the…

Pete Hegseth’s Christianity—tribal, with plenty of enemies who deserve the sword—is central to the MAGA worldview.

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In a post-Biden era, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has worked hard to build back the trust between the country's unsung heroes — farmers and ranchers — and Washington, D.C., emerging as a strong advocate for rural America and its key industries while collaborating with fellow cabinet members.

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An effort to help American families get nutritious eggs during the Easter and Passover holidays is spreading across country.

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Under this reorganization, the Forest Service will close regional offices and relocate that work to six hubs across the country.

Washington, DC — U.S. Department of Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins revealed the shocking number of fraud cases uncovered and stamped out by her agency.

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U.S. fertilizer prices have skyrocketed ahead of a crucial spring growing season for farmers as Iran continues its retaliatory blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But instead of admitting that Trump’s war has farmers at home suffering, White House officials are blaming former President Joe Biden and poaching fertilizer from other countries.

“What are you doing in your department to ensure that the…

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has declared that the freezing temperatures that blanketed Florida during the past two months constituted a disaster. During winter storms that took place Dec. 30-Jan. 1 and Jan. 26-Feb. 4, 66 of the 67 counties in the state experienced multiple hours of freezing temperatures. “Much of these losses will […]