Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her role, a spokesperson for the USDA has said.

Rollins stated in the editorial this week that the USDA will make a $1 billion investment to lower the price of eggs in the country.

A US bird flu epidemic has resulted in the deaths of tens-of-millions of poultry and strained the country's egg supply.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program website.

The Trump administration is reportedly trying to rehire USDA officials it fired over the weekend, who worked on the bird flu response.

As cuts are made across the federal government, farmers in Wyoming have been left with some uncertainties related to the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to

After DOGE canceled a lease for USDA's Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, the building owner called it an example of government waste.

After briefly suspending its 1890 National Scholars Program last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened it and is accepting applications for student participation through March 15.

Francisco Gonzalez, a 36-year-old research horticulturist, lost his job at the U.S. Department of Agriculture just before completing his three-year probationary period. This is part of a broader trend under the Trump administration where many federal workers were dismissed.

The head of the USDA announced she will stop undocumented immigrants from receiving food stamps. But federal law already prohibits people who are in the country illegally from getting SNAP benefits.