The Agriculture Department's shutdown plan calls for furloughing more than 42,000 employees, or nearly half of its current workforce. Farmer-facing agencies would be hit particularly hard.

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are seeking a meeting with President Donald Trump as soon as possible about the situation in farm country. That’s according to committee member Chuck ...

A group of Senate Democrats wrote to the president on Tuesday to push the administration to drop plans to provide Argentina with financial support ahead of its legislative elections next month.

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden said Tuesday that USDA was prepared to implement shutdown plans prepared by the previous administration if appropriations lapse at midnight due to a partisan ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday told reporters that the administration will direct some tariff revenue to farmers.

We’ve wrapped up a newsy, annual Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City. Our headliner, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, made news in several ways.

President Donald Trump will meet this afternoon with House and Senate leaders about avoiding a government shutdown.

Commodity groups, ag trade associations and private companies appealed to administration officials on Thursday to designate ...

Low prices and strong yields have northern Plains farmers scrambling to find grain storage, particularly as elevators show ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Trump administration will announce a plan next month to expand U.S. beef production, but she ruled out making payments to producers to retain cattle.

The Trump administration is threatening to conduct reductions in force at federal agencies if Congress cannot reach a funding agreement by Sept. 30 and government funding lapses.

US farmers are grappling with higher fertilizer prices, especially phosphate needed to help restore post-harvest fields, as ...