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More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump's massive government downsizing.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the addition of seven more states to its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), launched earlier this month.
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the department will consider bringing back some employees who took the government's deferred resignation offer.
The two trait products reviewed by USDA-APHIS were developed utilizing Cibus’ Rapid Trait Development System™ (RTDS®) technologies that enable targeted genetic changes without integrating ...
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service further postpones effective date for Horse Protection Act final rule to Feb. 1, 2026.
A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program in the West within two years. The agency’s Animal and Plant […] ...
Bird flu strain found in wild birds detected in dairy cattle for 1st time A strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cows in Nevada, according to the USDA.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which includes the National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office, is headquartered in Maryland but has major facilities ...