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USDA is gearing up to explain how it plans to purchase and distribute up to $3 billion in agricultural products for hungry individuals and families.

The Department of Agriculture has announced a $19 billion program that combines direct payments to producers and $3 billion in commodity purchases for distribution through food banks and faith-based organizations.

Action taken Wednesday by the Trump administration would give producers a wider pool of H-2A workers to hire for temporary ag labor.

Shutting down, slowing processing line speeds, and reducing work hours is becoming a reality for livestock processors as more workers contract COVID-19, and ag economists argue timing of closures in the coming weeks is everything.

With unemployment spiking across the country as a result of the coronavirus, more and more people who never needed food assistance before are looking for help, forcing food banks, commodity groups and USDA to think creatively about how to meet the growing demand.

Add vegetable seeds and live plants to the list of things that some consumers are hoarding during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The spread of the coronavirus has many consumers turning to online options to shop for groceries, and one company in particular saw a huge increase in sales as a result.

The Agriculture Department will have to try again if it still wants to eliminate targets in school meals to lower sodium and provide 100% whole grain foods, a federal judge decided April 13.

Exposure to market risk in 2020 will be higher for dairy and specialty crop producers, according to a quarterly report set to be released this week.

A major beef packing plant will come offline this week after detecting coronavirus infections among its staff, two of whom have died.