Topic: U.S. Farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday announced a new national milk testing order to check for H5N1 bird flu. It requires raw unpasteurized milk samples nationwide sent to USDA for testing.

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says it's time for state lawmakers to ban the sale of all types of THC, including those made legal by federal and state laws.

Federal and state health officials said Friday they are working to track down more information about a Salmonella outbreak traced to Mexican-grown cucumbers that sickened 68 people in 19 states.

Egg production is down and prices are higher as the holiday season approaches due to a particularly persistent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza, a prominent industry group says.

The U.S. Labor Department inducted Filipino labor leaders Larry Dulay Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Gines Velasco, who led the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, into the department's Hall of Honor on Wednesday.

A 13-year fight between a North Dakota farmer and the Department of Agriculture over a disputed wetland has emerged as one the first cases testing the power of regulatory agencies after a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

The federal government said Wednesday more than $200M will be made available to farmers hit by recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Milton.

Weeks after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida's already ailing citrus producing region, industry leaders are still assessing how big a hit growers may have absorbed, although they think the worst was averted.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that it will give $1.5 billion to 92 "partner-driven" conservation projects throughout the country to help mitigate challenges on agricultural land.

NOAA said Wednesday $2 million provided by the Inflation Reduction Act is being awarded to fisheries partnerships for data collection and modeling to help understand and mitigate climate change impacts.