Feral hogs continue to pose a serious threat to the landscape, similar to the Asian carp, and we are taking additional steps ...

USDA technicians recently went from doing a starling eradication at a 3,000-head dairy to decreasing a 15,000 crow population at the Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. Staff with the U.S ...

Instead, they should report sightings to APHIS at 877-463-6497. USDA Wildlife Services operators are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays. Those ...

It is hard to believe that we will soon be halfway through January 2025. Ah, but we are all closer to spring (sorry, winter fans) and that warm sunshine and all that it brings! Along with what we ...

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is continuing its sampling plan and has published updates for the 2025 fiscal year. The plan is designed to leverage technological and sampling ...

Farm income is forecast at $140.7 billion in 2024, an inflation-adjusted drop of $9.5 billion, or 6.3 percent, from 2023, the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service said this month.

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is investing $14 million to support food safety research, outreach and workforce training. The investment will fund research and ...

Harrisburg residents living near Italian Lake might hear loud sounds starting mid-morning Thursday, Jan. 16, as the USDA Wildlife Services will be sampling wild ducks and geese for avian influenza ...

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn't be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday ...