The ruling could have major implications for animal-welfare inspections in Iowa, which is home to roughly 265 federally ...

University of Nevada, Reno to host biosecurity training, Jan 6-8, to help Nevada Tribal communities respond rapidly to ...

USDA urges travelers this holiday season to avoid pork products. African swine fever threatens U.S. swine herds. What you ...

African swine fever doesn't affect humans but can have a fatality rate of up to 100% in infected domestic and wild pigs.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal disease ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be airdropping rabies vaccines into six states over the course of the month, continuing a process that started in August this year in other states.

Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture, long known for its lackluster enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), appears in recent years to have drifted even further away from enforcement ...

A new study claims that the USDA has virtually ceased issuing fines for the abuse of animals protected by the act. WASHINGTON (CN) — According to an animal protection organization, the U.S. Department ...

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...

August 15, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has moved to cancel contracts with union employees at its food safety and animal health inspection agencies, which union leaders say will ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on July 9, 2025, that it will no longer conduct environmental analyses under the National ...