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Friday, April 04, 2025
USDA is in the process of hiring back scientists in the Agricultural Research Service who were summarily fired from their positions because they had not completed their probationary periods, according to union representatives.
USDA has updated its guidance on validating animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry labeling in response to criticism that companies were making claims without backing them up.
USDA researchers have confirmed the absence in the commercial pork supply of trichinella, a parasitic worm "that once posed a major food safety risk,” the department’s Agricultural Research Service said Friday.
Chris Adamo is now the head of global sustainability impact and B Corp at Danone and Andy Curliss has been hired by the National Pork Producers Council.
Farm-state lawmakers guided more than $753 million in USDA funding into home state projects in this fiscal year’s $26.22 billion Agriculture appropriations bill through a system that allows them to direct money to research facilities, hospitals, community buildings and other pet programs.
A package of fiscal 2024 spending bills released by congressional leaders Sunday includes new provisions to address concerns about foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland and agribusiness interests and also provides full funding for the Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program.
HotHog, a smartphone application developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and a team of university scientists, analyzes levels of heat stress hogs might be facing and recommends corresponding cooling measures.
