Tag: Department of Agriculture

Finance and Economy

USDA calls for greater accountability in SNAP delays

Elaine Mallon · April 2, 2025 7:37 pm

The General Services Administration

Trump administration offers federal workers second chance to resign — or risk being fired

Jack Birle · April 2, 2025 3:30 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

RFK Jr. announces states can remove soda from SNAP coverage

Annabella Rosciglione · March 28, 2025 3:27 pm

Vendor Judit Sos sells eggs in a food market in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 20, 2021.

Trump administration imports hundreds of millions of eggs as prices drop significantly

Brady Knox · March 21, 2025 4:58 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building.

USDA stops the flow of millions of dollars to local food banks: Report

Annabella Rosciglione · March 20, 2025 5:23 pm

Clash continues around federal ag funding impacts in Illinois

Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor · March 20, 2025 2:17 pm

RFK Jr. insider hired as White House special adviser

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 19, 2025 11:30 am

Egg prices so high Americans are smuggling them over the border

Maydeen Merino · March 15, 2025 4:08 pm

USDA halts funding to University of Maine System after Trump spat with governor

Elaine Mallon · March 12, 2025 4:33 pm

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins addressed "uncertainty" felt by American farmers amid President Donald Trump's trade war, suggesting that current market shocks will continue for "a few weeks or a few months."

Agriculture secretary predicts economy will be ‘bumpy’ for a ‘few months’

Christian Datoc · March 11, 2025 11:00 am

Brooke Rollins attends a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Agriculture, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Egg prices plunge nearly $2, now lower than when Trump took office

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 11, 2025 10:19 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building.

Trump administration ordered to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 fired USDA workers

Emily Hallas · March 5, 2025 4:00 pm