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Farmers are destroying their own crops after the coronavirus ravaged the food market — and say USDA failed to help them get it to hungry Americans in time
USDA has been accused of acting too late to buy up and redistribute the surplus farm food left afte…
Mia Jankowicz
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The USDA's Corn Crop Forecasts Are Almost Always Too Optimistic
Given asymmetric yield risk, USDA’s first forecasts are overly optimistic in our view. USDA based i…
Rob Wile
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The USDA has identified some of the mystery seeds sent unsolicited from China as herbs like rosemary and sage
An official with the USDA said 14 species of seeds were identified as herbs and plants like hibiscu…
Rebecca Ungarino
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The USDA's new plant zone map shifts cities like Lansing and Omaha five degrees warmer and could change how you garden, including when and what you grow
USDA unveils its new plant zone hardiness map. Half of the country has moved up to a warmer half zo…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Jenny McG…
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Got milk? Not chocolate, as USDA considers banning flavored milk options in school cafeterias
The USDA proposed a set of nutrition standards for school lunches, and chocolate milk may be on the…
Will Gendron
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Corn Prices Are Getting Smoked
Export parity should still cushion falling old-crop corn prices. While we would not be surprised to…
Rob Wile
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America, Prepare For A Century Of Drought
"These results suggest an increasing probability of drought over this century throughout most of th…
Rob Wile
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USDA says it'll continue to fight to pay off loans for Black farmers despite lawsuit on behalf of white farmers
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty waged the lawsuit in April on behalf of white farmers w…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A Utah mink is the first wild animal to be infected with COVID-19, the USDA said
The Utah mink is "To our knowledge ... the 1st free-ranging, native wild animal confirmed with SARS…
Grace Dean
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American Meat Prices Are Heading Up For A Decade
During the initial years of the projection period, prices in the livestock sector reflect reduction…
Rob Wile
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White farmers blocked a much-needed federal relief program for Black farmers. The saga proved Black farmers won't overcome racism unless they take their economic future into their own hands.
Banks have used discriminatory policies against Black farmers forever. Those farmers should take ma…
Cornelius Blanding
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Chicken Has Never Been More Expensive
The USDA's retail broiler composite price, which measures the price paid for chicken parts and whol…
Rob Wile
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Here's what happens to food stamps and other federal food programs during the government shutdown
Also, other non-SNAP domestic food programs are no longer receiving federal funding, but may be sus…
Bob Bryan
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The 'Tiger King' zoo has closed after the federal government suspended its animal exhibition license
Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park's owner Jeffrey Lowe said he had decided not to exhibit animal…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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US Farm Profits Are Expected To Plummet This Year
It will be the lowest level since 2010, though above the $8 billion above the previous 10-year aver…
Rob Wile
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Aubrey Plaza's satirical ad for 'wood milk' violated federal law, a new complaint says
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said that the "Got Milk?" advert illegally took a…
Alex Bitter
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The fight over cultured meat is heating up, and Big Meat is demanding that Trump intervene
In a letter sent to Trump on Thursday, groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation, Nation…
Erin Brodwin
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A battle is brewing over the future of meat, and neither side is backing down
Clean or cultured meat, which is made using animal cells instead of the flesh of slaughtered animal…
Erin Brodwin
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The 17-Year American Hog Productivity Boom Is Ending
"The era of dramatic productivity growth in hog production from 1992 to 2009 will likely remain unm…
Rob Wile
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The US government has agreed to stop killing thousands of kittens, which were being purposely infected with parasites for research
The kittens are healthy after they complete the research but are killed anyway, the USDA said. T…