On Friday, the Trump administration announced cancellation of USDA’s annual Household Food Security Report, which has tracked hunger in the U.S. for decades. The move comes just months after President Trump signed legislation reducing food assistance programs.
With key commodity purchases well below past averages, lawmakers have introduced House and Senate bills to transfer the former USAID program from the State Department to USDA.
Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing focused on the unique challenges facing specialty crop producers and discussed tailored policy solutions.
Yesterday, USDA announced eligible livestock producers will receive disaster recovery assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire to help offset increased supplemental feed costs.
The agency plans to rescind a 2024 rule that placed habitat restoration and ecosystem protection on equal footing with uses like grazing, mining, energy development, and recreation.
Yesterday, the Trump administration rolled out a wide-ranging report to address chronic disease in children, with more than 120 recommendations spanning nutrition, environmental exposures, physical activity, and stress.
According to data released yesterday, the U.S. agricultural trade deficit reached a record high for July 2025, with imports outpacing exports by $4.97 billion—an increase of about 9% compared to July of the previous year.
