The agency published a rule in the federal register that will end the 30-year use of a 'socially disadvantaged' definition ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday issued a rule ending the use of racial and gender preferences in USDA programs when “these requirements are not required by an act of Congress,” but ...

USDA has distributed $2.2 billion to 43,000 individuals who experienced discrimination in receiving USDA farm program services before January 2021. More than 23,000 individuals currently or ...

Trump’s rebuke to ‘gender ideology’ changes federal policy and sets up clash with California President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.

USDA announced updates to CFAP 2, with the biggest revisions occurring for contract producers of livestock and specialty crops. The deadline is now October 12 to sign up or make modifications to ...

July 10, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a final rule in the Federal Register today rescinding a provision that has been in place for more than 30 years to give farmers deemed ...