U.S. Department of Agriculture

A group representing hundreds of Pennsylvania dog breeders yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Agriculture, accusing it of unfairly targeting commercial kennels in Lancaster County for enforcement actions.  

Monsanto Co. and U.S. farmers got the word from China: You are good to go. Send us your genetically-modified soybeans! In a major boost for a high-profile product launch, Monsanto received regulatory approval in China to import soybeans grown from seed strains called Roundup Ready 2 Yield.  

A southwestern Idaho bird farm has been quarantined after two birds there were found to have a bird flu virus, but Idaho Department of Agriculture officials say it is not the same virus that has spread through birds in Asia, Europe and Africa. Read comments  

As if you needed another reason to skip sprouts. The Oregon State Public Health Division and U.S. Department of Agriculture are warning the salad-crazed away from Sprouter's Northwest brand alfalfa sprouts, tying the health food staple to a salmonellosis outbreak.  

(ASA) testified this morning in Washington, D.C., on implementation of Farm Bill Section 9005, the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels, at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and Rural Business-Cooperative Service public meeting.  

Billings, Mont. - A national cattle producers group has issued a statement supporting Creekstone Farms Premium Beef in its legal battle with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which for years has blocked the meatpacker from testing its own cattle for mad cow disease.  

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Australia grew less cotton than previously estimated because farmers used water supplies for other crops, including winter wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.  

U.S. Department of Agriculture and state officials announced Friday the release of an Idaho Roadless Rule for managing about 9 million acres of Forest Service lands in Idaho, along with a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  

The beetle battle in Worcester is entering a new phase. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is injecting trees seriously infested by Asian Longhorned Beetle with double doses of pesticide. WBZ's Ron Sanders reports that will allow scientists to cut the trees down sooner than the first frost and...  

SALEM, Ore. -- Farm profits in Oregon have hit a record of nearly $1.5 billion. The Oregon Department of Agriculture says net income for farms was $1.48 billion in 2007 compared to the previous record of $1.21 billion in 2004.  

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has announced that grants up to $300 are available for farm families to cover basic needs following the June 7 floods.  

NEW YORK 8/12/08 - Corn and wheat prices dipped on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted its production estimates for those grains. Soybean prices, however, edged higher. The USDA reported that this year’s soybean crop would be slightly smaller than it previously predicted.  

NEW YORK 8/11/08 - Grain prices finished mixed Monday in trading made erratic by speculative buying ahead of Tuesday’s crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  

The Department of Agriculture will use the forthcoming Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink 2008 as a venue to demonstrate how farmers and fisherfolk can icnrease their profits by acting as wholesalers and retailers of their own produce.  

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) will invest in preventive infrastructures to secure Mindanao's productivity and its people.