The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details of the bridge assistance payment program for specialty crop growers. Up to $1 billion was set aside in December for specialty crop growers ...

The $150 million is part of a $12 billion relief package for farmers, and the $89.1 million is part of the American Relief Act of 2025.

Smith: Up to $1 billion was set aside in December for specialty crop growers to receive financial help through the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs ...

Under the Foreign Market Development Program, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service allocated more than $31 million to 18 trade organizations representing American agricultural producers. The Market ...

“At USDA, we need to do more to also shift production systems to really be lined up with the climate reality,” said Starbuck, who argues that the burden of adaptation shouldn’t fall on individual ...

The sign-up period for landowners to enroll eligible farmland in the Continuous CRP program is Feb. 12 through March 20, 2026.

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture created a network of “climate hubs” to understand how climate change affects ...

In the Arkansas Delta, farming isn't just a way to make a living. It's a way of life. Blessed with some of the most fertile soil in the country, this land has raised more than good crops. For ...