WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out new rules that would require fewer federal inspections of pig slaughterhouses. USDA is changing the rules so that instead of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Federal inspectors found researchers working at Ohio State University facilities improperly treated 30 animals, leading to 16 deaths. The United States Department of ...

Export inspections for U.S. soybeans are stronger in the past week than they were at this time last year, said the Department of Agriculture. In its latest weekly grain export inspections report, the ...

A new report by Farm Forward analyzes five years of monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection data from major poultry plants — and the findings are alarming. Poultry plants producing chicken ...

The University of Minnesota’s animal laboratories in Minneapolis had eight issues labeled “critical” in 2024 during U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspections, according to a new advocacy ...