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Monday, May 12, 2025 - 8:27pm

(London, U.K., May 12, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins concluded her first day in the United Kingdom during her...

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Monday, May 12, 2025 - 4:25pm

In a move reminiscent of past disruptions but at a much larger scale, the Trump administration is implementing widespread staffing cuts across federal agencies. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is facing a significant reduction, expecting...

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Monday, May 12, 2025 - 10:00am

The Cornell Small Farms Program team is continuing to grow, and we are hiring! We are excited to share that the application is now open for our newest team member, the...

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Monday, May 12, 2025 - 10:00am

(Washington, D.C., May 13, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the appointment of Erin Morris as the next Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which operates under the Department’s...

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Sunday, May 11, 2025 - 2:00pm

(Washington, D.C., May 11, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm...

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Friday, May 9, 2025 - 11:57am
Photo credit: USDA, by Neil Palmer.

Since its establishment in the 2008 Farm Bill, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has advanced research that helps American farmers and ranchers stay at the cutting edge of innovation and adapt to challenges such as natural disasters....

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Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 4:00pm

(Washington, D.C., May 8, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins will visit the United Kingdom May 12-14. This comes after President Donald J. Trump announced today, on the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, a new trade agreement in principle that will lower...

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Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 2:36pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

press@sustainableagriculture.net

Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: On the Eve of House Agriculture Committee Markup, Farmer-Serving Organizations Urge Congress to... Read More
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 6:00pm

(Washington, D.C., May 7, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today held the inaugural Farmers First roundtable at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Secretary Rollins hosted Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, the Board of Directors for the National...

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 7:00pm

Washington, D.C., May 6, 2025 — Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will require States to make certain all records associated with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (...

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