The program, intended to help farmers facing tight margins and weak commodity prices for the 2025 crop year, has drawn strong early participation from producers across the Midwest.

Field evaluations demonstrate crop performance, soil health, and water quality results enabled by an advanced resource ...

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Vermont producers now have access to new federal support as USDA opens ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially launched the 2026 enrollment periods for its flagship conservation initiative, the Conservation Reserve Program ...

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 ...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration rolled out two financial assistance programs that would benefit US sugar producers. The first program, announced on Feb. 13 by US Secretary of Agriculture ...

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food.

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 ...

The Trump administration's federal workforce cuts shrunk U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies that inspect produce, ...