The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

Jess D’Souza had hoped to finally turn a profit this year, aided by a federal program to bolster local food systems. The ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from ...

Summer nutrition programs are underway in Arkansas, and Governor Sanders joined in one today, helping distribute food to ...

The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a ...

Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon is being recalled by the USDA FSIS and Kraft Heinz due to potential Listeria contamination, ...

Starting in July, a team of two large SkyCrane helicopters, based out of the Jeffco Airtanker Base in Broomfield, Colorado, ...

Markets thrive on surprises — and this week's USDA reports simply didn't deliver one, says Allison Thompson of The Money Farm. She talks about where that leaves farmers still needing to sell.