National Organic Program Employees Furloughed
Government Shutdown Could Cancel NOSB Fall Meeting Starting on October 1, 2025, all USDA employees in the National Organic Program...
New Screwworm Case Detected in Mexico
U.S. Cattle Industry Concerned The USDA announced on September 21, 2025 that a case of New World Screwworm had been...
Big Ag Versus Big Oil
Debate over Renewable Fuel Standard Could Hurt Farmers When the oil industry and the farm lobby clash, who will win?...
Sustainable Agriculture in a World of Scarcity: The Vision of Fred Kirschenmann
Fred Kirschenmann, who was honored with the Acres U.S.A. Eco-Ag Achievement Award in 1998, died on September 13 How can...
US CO2 Emissions Now Below 1990 Levels—But Not Because of Ethanol
Since 2005, total US carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels have dropped 20 percent, according to the US Energy Information...
MAHA Strategy Report Released: Promotes Both Pesticides and Small Farms
On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, the long-awaited Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report was finally released, nearly a month...
USDA Defunds Solar Panel Development on Farmland: Agricultural Community Responses Are Mixed
On August 19, 2025, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the USDA is pulling funding for any solar panel...
Big Ag Is Hijacking MAHA: Upcoming Report Will Likely Not Attack Pesticides
Eco-ag farmers initially had high hopes for the Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement. But it looks like the Big...
FDA Proposes Lowering Standard for Orange Juice — Because American Oranges Are Less Sweet than They Were 60 Years Ago
On August 8, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and USDA announced a proposed update to the standard...
Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Reorganization
On July 24, 2025, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a major reorganization of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)....
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