President Donald Trump created the so-called Department of Government Efficiency via executive order as a temporary government organization, leaving unclear the bounds of its powers as a ...

The cuts were initially poised to affect nuclear defense programs and impact veterans’ mental health care, workers warned.

The Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees has swept out workers across USDA, including loan analysts in Farm Service Agency field offices, ag scientists, and about 1,200 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research ...

Crop base acres for 2025 will remain at the same levels as 2024 for all crops on most farms,unless there areadjustments in ...

As they prepare to make outlays for spring planting, Iowa farmers wonder when and if they'll get promised federal payments for conservation work.

The Iowa Farmers Union taps Matt Russell, former state chief of the USDA Farm Service Agency, as interim director, replacing ...