USDA reinstates 1890 National Scholars Program at NC A&T State University, other HBCUs
The United States Department of Agriculture has reinstated a scholarship program that serves students from rural or ...
USDA to release funds that were paused for review
The funding released was $20 million in contracts for the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, the Conservation Easement ...
USDA review of University of Maine funding could hit PFAS, biofuel research
A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the agency's funding for the University of Maine could compromise ...
Dusty Johnson says USDA layoffs won’t affect farmers
Representative Dusty Johnson says DOGE's USDA layoffs won't affect farmers. RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it accidentally fired several agency ...
North Carolina among states losing millions of birds to flu in 2025
Commercial egg farmers in North Carolina were among those in several states to lose millions of birds to the avian influenza ...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
The United States Department of Agriculture ... Several agencies within the Agriculture Department play a role in responding to the outbreak, including the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal ...
USDA launches Title IX compliance review into UMaine, threatens to withhold funding
The United States Department of Agriculture is launching a compliance review of the University of Maine, for Title IX ...
NC State grad one of many scientists hit by federal workforce cuts
NC State graduate Michelle Kirchner was working for the United States Department of Agriculture [USDA] in the applied ...
Could bird flu vaccines help tackle high egg prices? Experts say it’s not so simple
On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the ...
USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website shows
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved ...
New department leaders promise to correct USDA's mismanagement of SNAP funds
A recent government audit of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program showed that the Biden administration’s management ...
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Senate confirms Brooke Rollins, longtime Trump ally, as agriculture secretary
Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was confirmed on Thursday by the Senate as the agriculture secretary. Rollins, 52, was confirmed by a vote of 72-28. As head of the United ...