Items Tagged with 'Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'

USDA will allow cattle imports to resume from Mexico under a pre-clearance inspection and treatment protocol for New World screwworm, the department said Saturday.

Over the weekend, farm groups quickly mobilized to demand congressional leaders end a partisan impasse and reach a deal on a package of economic assistance to include in year-end legislation.

President-elect Donald Trump is bringing China hawk Peter Navarro back to the White House as a top trade adviser, adding to a trade team that features a mix of Wall Street veterans and protectionist policy specialists. In other words, the trade team for Trump’s second term looks a lot like the first. 

USDA plans to sample milk in states where dairy herds have been infected with avian flu, in an effort to stamp out the virus, which was first confirmed in Texas in March before spreading to herds in 14 states.

Avian influenza has been detected in a pig for the first time in the United State, USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed.

Nine Republican lawmakers are seeking additional insight into the USDA’s $45.6 million investment in Pure Prairie Poultry, which closed early this month, and the steps the agency has taken to help growers. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have been on Capitol Hill this week trying to build support for his claims that the food industry and agricultural practices are responsible for chronic childhood diseases. This comes amid questions about what role, if any, RFK Jr. could have in a second Trump administration.

Researchers at UC Davis are developing solutions to protect crops from the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect originating in Asia. 

USDA has approved field trials to test a vaccine to prevent avian flu from infecting dairy cows, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday.

The Democratic National Convention heads into its second day in Chicago. The Canadian government is pushed by U.S. farm groups to head off a rail strike, A bipartisan group of lawmakers press USDA for a "strategic initiative" to combat avian influenza.