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U.S. FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

By Leah Douglas April 21, 2025
Washington | Reuters – The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its […] Read more

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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U.S. FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts

By Leah Douglas, Reuters April 4, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.


FILE PHOTO – U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to the media at the Commodity Classic in Denver. Photo: Robert Arnason
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Trump administration is ‘months away’ from direct payments to farmers, Rollins says

By Leah Douglas, Reuters April 3, 2025
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Fox News on Thursday that the administration is "months away" from making a decision about whether to make payments to farmers to offset any impact from tariffs.

Photo: Getty Images
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Trump administration aims to make faster meat processing permanent

Agency plans rulemaking to formalize speed increases

By Leah Douglas, Tom Polansek March 18, 2025
Chicago/Washington | Reuters – The Trump administration said on Mar. 17 that it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among […] Read more

File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)
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American farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze

By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, Tom Polansek March 10, 2025
Farmers and food organizations across the country are cutting staff, halting investments and missing key funding amid a USDA freeze on a broad swath of grants, more than two dozen farmers and agricultural support groups in seven states told Reuters.


FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says

By Leah Douglas, Reuters February 26, 2025
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, including increasing imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.

(File photo)
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How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing

Eggs have reached almost $5 per dozen, or more than $7 Canadian, with some big cities seeing nearly double that price

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 21, 2025
The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens.

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USDA detects a second bird flu strain in dairy cattle, agency email says

Strain not seen in cows previously

By Leah Douglas, Reuters February 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.


FILE PHOTO: Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the America First Policy Institute speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Trump pick to lead USDA eyes payments to farmers to cover trade losses from tariffs

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 24, 2025
Brooke Rollins, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the approach taken in Trump’s first term.

FILE PHOTO: Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the America First Policy Institute speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Trump’s USDA secretary pick led group opposed to ethanol, farm subsidies

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 23, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to run the Agriculture Department, Brooke Rollins, led an organization that opposed ethanol mandates and farm subsidies, major programs she could influence if confirmed, according to a Reuters review of the group's policy statements.

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