The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers.

Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record.

The U.S. has opened its first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades in southern Texas.

One of the most devastating parasites in Florida’s history has once again been detected in the Sunshine State.

Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month.

An Idaho company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E.

State officials are working to restore full SNAP benefits to millions of people after the long U.S. government shutdown has finally ended.

President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders.

President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration keep the nation’s largest food program running.

President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program in November after two federal judges required the payments to continue.

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.

Federal funds for SNAP food stamp benefits will stop, raising concerns for millions of Americans.

A federal judge in Boston is considering a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program despite the government shutdown.

Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists.

With grocery prices rising and SNAP benefits set to end on Nov. 1, knowing how long your food can last is as important as ever.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on.

Carina Patterson says she applied for SNAP benefits last month to feed her family, but due to the government shutdown, her application is in limbo.

More than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky has been recalled over contamination with pieces of metal.

A judge has temporarily stopped the federal government from collecting personal information about residents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in 21 states and Washington, D.

The limiting of duty-free organic sugar imports and new tariffs are expected to cause the prices of all kinds of organic products from granola to yogurt to rise in the coming months.

A devastating parasite in Florida’s history is slowly creeping back toward the Sunshine State.

Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become.

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for states to turn over personal data — including names, birthdates, and home addresses — for people who are enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program.

An old threat is rearing its ugly head once again, posing a huge risk to the Sunshine State, according to state officials.

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from infesting American cattle.

A Wisconsin dairy farmer has alleged in a federal lawsuit that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities.

Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer.

About 17,000 residents of Manitoba in central Canada have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active wildfires.

All children will be able to get free, nutritionally-balanced meals during their summer break through a partnership between Summer BreakSpot and Seminole County Public Schools’ Red Apple Dining program.

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the personal information of millions of U.S. residents who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A stretch of rainy weather last week brought record rainfall to many across the Sunshine State.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this year over the deletions.

Government data shows U.S. retail egg prices have declined for the first time since October.

Latest drought map highlights severe drought conditions emerging across parts of Central Florida.

Florida’s citrus industry saw a slight improvement as the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday released an updated production forecast for the soon-to-be-completed growing season.

Maine officials are suing the administration of President Donald Trump to try to stop the government from freezing federal money in the wake of a dispute over transgender athletes in sports.

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.

A federal agency says it killed a collard wolf that apparently crossed from Colorado into Wyoming and killed several sheep.

Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to invest $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu to try to stabilize rising egg prices.

A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.

A freeze on federal loans and grants is sending tremors across the rural U.S. as small business owners fear they won’t get reimbursed for purchases they made to replace polluting irrigation equipment or install solar power.

Egg prices have reached a record high in the U.S. The consumer price index released on Wednesday confirmed what consumers, bakers and food companies already knew: an ongoing bird flu outbreak that began in 2022 are making eggs terribly expensive right now.

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last year.

The Biden administration is releasing a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them.

Health officials announce what’s believed to be the first severe human case of the bird flu in the United States.

A New Hampshire company is working to develop a fleet of autonomous helicopters that it hopes can be used to put out fires, spray crops and handle other dangerous jobs.

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu.

Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.

So, can you really avoid toxins at the grocery store? Is paying more for organic food worth it or are you just throwing away your hard-earned cash?

California avocado growers are fuming about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government.

A Connecticut aquarium where three beluga whales have died from illnesses since 2021 has agreed to settle a federal investigation that found alleged animal care and water quality violations.

The U.S. consumer watchdog has found that low-income families typically pay as much as 60 cents per dollar in fees when paying for school lunches electronically.

Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs.

At first glance, it looks like an unassuming Iowa farm.

Federal food safety officials say three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats.

Dozens of bottles of centuries-old, impeccably preserved cherries and berries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia have been discovered during an archaeological dig.

Parts of Brevard and Osceola counties have now reached severe drought status. Widespread relief, however, finally appears to be in sight.

Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation's food supply and beef remains safe to eat.

If you bought ground beef at Walmart recently, you may want to check your fridge or freezer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will test ground beef for bird flu.

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning.

Florida’s citrus industry got some bitter news Thursday as it enters the final months of the 2023-2024 growing season.

In a story published March 25, 2024, about detection of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of commercial birds in the U.S. affected since 2022.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a public health alert on Wednesday following multiple customer complaints of rocks in bags of frozen, ready-to-eat Trader Joe’s chicken pilaf.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined Wild Florida violated the federal Animal Welfare Act after two incidents where animals escaped their enclosures and were killed.

Iowa will not participate in a federal program that gives $40 per month to each child in a low-income family over the summer to help with food costs while school is out.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its “plant hardiness zone map” for the first time in a decade.

Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of breaded chicken ”“Fun Nuggets″ after consumers complained of finding metal pieces in the dinosaur-shaped patties.

Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific standards if they want to label their products as organic under final rules announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Recent food recalls have been spurred by foreign objects like rocks, insects and plastic.

Conagra Brands announced a recall of Banquet frozen chicken strips that may be contaminated with “extraneous materials,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Egypt and other lower-income Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Pakistan are worried about what comes next after Russia pulled out of a crucial wartime grain deal.

A manatee in the care of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium died from an injury caused during a sexual encounter with his brother, according to the USDA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will invest $300 million on monitoring and reporting planet-warming emissions from climate-smart agricultural processes, such as no-till agriculture and planting cover crops.

Smaller meat and poultry operators in 17 states will receive $115 million in grants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing.

The latest drought update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows little change in the drought status across Central Florida.

California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens the already critically endangered vulture species.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.

After a week of stormy weather, most of Central Florida has seen significant improvements in the ongoing drought situation.

The latest drought monitor map now shows the majority of Central Florida in the D2 classification, which is severe drought.

Weeks after an escaped rhino was shot and killed by staff members, an inspection has found Wild Florida Drive-Thru Safari Park was critically and repeatedly non-compliant for the federal Animal Welfare Act.

The federal government is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska.

Meriwether Farms — among many other farms in Florida — has had a tough few years.

The federal government has announced another $325 million for agricultural projects that are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A class-action lawsuit says the federal government has illegally broken a promise to pay off the debts of a group of Black farmers.

The federal government has announced a program to provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed in an effort to reduce salmonella illnesses from food contamination.

A week after Hurricane Ian stormed across Florida, farmers and ranchers continue waiting for flood waters to recede to get a full picture of the destruction to citrus groves and cattle operations.

It used to be that organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets.

There is a limited amount of farmland, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand.

The U.S. government has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes in 13 states from Maine to Alabama.

Time to check your freezers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk shutdowns.

Thousands of Central Florida families who relied on free meals at school throughout the pandemic will have to apply for the benefit starting this next school year, but there are options for the summer.

New Jersey-based Lakeside Refrigerated Services issued a recall for approximately 120,872 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli 0103.

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside.