Tag: Agriculture

In this file photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Those at the front lines of junk-food food stamp purchases rail at USDA secrecy

Luke Rosiak · August 12, 2014 2:59 pm

Northeast berry farms fight late-season fruit fly

Lisa Rathke · August 10, 2014 12:49 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Voronezh, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Beltway Confidential

Farm Bureau president scoffs at Vladimir Putin’s agriculture import ban

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2014 8:39 pm

USDA: Illinois corn, soybean crops excelling

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 3:18 pm

Agricultural tourism touted as way to boost rural economies

Frederic J. Frommer · August 3, 2014 3:00 pm

Va. ranks No. 9 in US for farmers markets

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2014 1:47 pm

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2010 file photo shows chickens in Sparks, Md. The Obama administration is overhauling poultry plant inspections for the first time in more than 50 years, a move it says could result in 5,000 fewer foodborne illnesses each year. The final rules announced Thursday would reduce the number of government poultry inspectors by around a fourth. But those that remain will focus more on food safety than quality, requiring them to pull more birds off the line for closer inspections and encouraging more testing for pathogens. There would also be more inspectors checking the facilities to make sure they are clean. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

USDA overhauls 50 year-old poultry inspections

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 1, 2014 8:29 am

USDA overhauls 50 year-old poultry inspections

USDA overhauls decades-old poultry inspections

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 1:11 am

Energy and Environment

Aggressive weed brings woe to Texas cotton growers

Betsy Blaney · July 27, 2014 1:44 pm

University of Nebraska to host seminar on USDA small business grants

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 9:01 am

Food fight: Cafeteria workers say kids don’t want Michelle Obama’s lunches, sales down in 49 states

Paul Bedard · July 25, 2014 3:52 pm

Soybeans being processed in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan (Photo: SIGAR)

The U.S. spent $35 million trying to grow this crop in Afghanistan

Kelly Cohen · July 24, 2014 7:48 pm