CT will operate its own block grant. But lawmakers argued the options from USDA could prevent some farmers from getting ...

The USDA was founded in 1862, a time when sharecropping and land-rental contracts were among the few ways for Black people to start their own farms. But that left Black and minority farmers out of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new policy agenda outlining actions aimed at ensuring the profitability and ...

The new policy meaningful start, but it doesn’t fundamentally transform the landscape for all the small farms struggling to remain afloat, according to.

Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will hold a "shadow hearing" Thursday to draw a direct link between ...

We’ve all heard the rumors of foreign interests buying up millions of acres of American farmland. In fact, over 45 million ...