USDA

Iowa Agricultural Mitigation will use the $684,000 grant and matching funds to close the last two remaining agricultural drainage wells in Wright County.

Federal funding for agriculture research has fallen by a third over the past two decades, sinking to 1970s-era levels. Researchers worry that could hinder the country’s ability to maintain the domestic food supply in the midst of climate change.

High prices for products like eggs and grain are expected to lead to a record windfall for farmers this year, overcoming drought, bird flu and costly inputs. But the profit margin is thinner for small producers and those hit hard by dry conditions.

As part of a massive investment in sustainable farming, the university’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture will help farmers across Missouri adapt methods like cover crops, agroforestry and grazing.

Ahead of the holidays, we revisit this conversation about changing SNAP benefits and food insecurity in Iowa.

The Census of Agriculture produces the clearest snapshot of agriculture in the U.S. as it exists. The USDA will begin mailing questionnaires to all known agricultural producers this month.

Mindy Brashears, the former head of the USDA's agency overseeing meatpacking plants, has been largely quiet about her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in exclusive interviews, she addresses the criticism the USDA put food production over worker safety.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Iowa on Friday to announce $32 million in grants for mass timber projects.

An influential hog dealer sanctioned twice for defrauding pork producers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars says it has fired employees responsible for its latest violations and paid restitution to affected sellers.

The total increase in food stamp payments will be $3.5 billion. That boost in SNAP benefits is financed from the recently approved pandemic relief package.