News & Updates

The USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program recently announced the launch of a grant that aims to increase community self-reliance in food provision, improve local food access, and identify sustainable marketing strategies that benefit both agricultural stakeholders and consumers.

On February 14, 2024, USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the Forest Service is making at least $20 million from the Inflation Reduction Act available to federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native corporations and villages.

The Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF) is USDA’s largest and premier annual gathering, and will take place on February 15th and 16th in Arlington, Virginia.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, spanning more than 6 million data points about America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them down to the county level.