The level of the wages that USDA Farm Service Agency staff in North Dakota are paid is having a domino effect that threatens to compromise the services farmers receive, said Marcy Svenningsen, North ...

The U.S. Congress passed a continuing resolution in late December that included $10 billion in farm economic assistance to offset low commodity prices and $21 billion in disaster assistance to provide ...

The USDA will reopen some 2,100 Farm Service Agency offices nationwide Oct. 23 to issue assistance checks to farmers, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said. The offices were closed by the ...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will now need approval from billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ...

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at a Senate hearing on Tuesday defended downsizing the USDA and potential cuts to international food aid programs, but said the ...

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