United States Department of Agriculture News

The Obama administration has freed up more than half of the funds allotted to improve access to high-speed Internet connections, Network World says Brad Reed The U.S. government Wednesday said that it is releasing $4 billion worth of funds to pay for the first round of broadband projects mandated by the economic stimulus package passed earlier this ...

Buffalo SAV, Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 208,768 pounds of frozen meat and poultry products because they contain an unapproved ingredient, Amaranth Red #2, that is declared on the label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

USDA pegged U.S. rice plantings at 3.018 million acres for 2009, a slight increase over the 2.995 million acres planted in 2008.

The Fourth of July weekend is here and that means it's time to grill out. The USDA has released guidelines to make sure you eat safely.

CHICAGO a ' A shockingly large area planted with corn this spring in the United States should bring relief to loss-making hog and cattle producers, ailing ethanol companies and consumers as grain prices come under pressure.

The city of Berlin, Tri-County CAP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency on Thursday partnered together to do $20,000 worth of work to Lucille Frechette's house on Church Street.

WASHINGTON a ' Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label.

At least 12 people, two of them suffering kidney failure, have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef suspected of having sickened people in nine states including Michigan, federal health officials said Wednesday.

Two reports released today by the Agriculture Department show a big jump in both planted acreage and stocks for corn, pointing to greater corn supplies this year, which could encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to increase its ethanol blend rate, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Red meat has taken a beating from just about every low-fat diet that's ever come down the pike, and some of that criticism is unjustified.

Illinois' farmers are growing more corn this year than last year despite a soggy spring that delayed many of their plantings.

The U.S. government will soon release $4 billion of loans and grants aimed at expanding broadband access to underserved areas across the United States, officials said on Wednesday.

U.S. farmers planted their fewest cotton acres since 1983 - just over 9 million - amid a continued swapping of acres for better priced and less-costly-to-produce crops such as corn and soybeans.

Animal research facilities will be required to release more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

State Rep. Ryan McMullen of Burns Flatt is leaving the Legislature to become the Oklahoma director of rural development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Barack Obama Administration has announced that a woman with Stevens County ties will serve as Minnesota State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA.

Jim Isgar will resign his Colorado Senate seat for the new job. Democrats will appoint a successor.

Another Colorado state senator is leaving for a job with the Obama administration.

Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky has been tapped to head the Farm Service Agency at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This June 1, 2009 photo shows Jeff Trosen, right, and his son, Broc, working to free a stuck combine in a field of corn north of Arvilla, N.D. The Trosen's have nearly 1,200 acres of unharvested corn left and are hoping for drier conditions for planting soybeans where possible.