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The nation’s largest chain restaurants took a hit last year, according to a new report from management consulting firm Technomic.

A federal judge has vacated the portion of USDA’s 2019 swine inspection rule allowing plants to operate without limits on line speeds but gave the department 90 days to respond to the decision.

The Boards of Directors of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) have reached an agreement in principle to create a new global trade association.

After last year’s lamb market collapsed around the biggest sales period of the year, producers are optimistic as retail prices hold steady and market prices climb, but a big question will be the reopening of restaurants.

A lawsuit challenging the Department of Agriculture’s plan to control a potential avian influenza outbreak can proceed, a federal judge ruled last week, rejecting the department’s motion to dismiss for lack of standing.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pledged to the House Agriculture Committee to “root out” systemic racism and barriers at USDA that prevent Black and other socially disadvantaged farmers from receiving the same level of assistance that has historically been available to white farmers.

Senate Republicans are joining school food service directors in pushing for relief from federal nutrition standards as Congress reauthorizes school meal programs.