USDA/APHIS will use $129.2 million in emergency funding to combat exotic fruit fly outbreaks, which threaten crops and trade. The funds will

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced a temporary delay of its final Horse Protection Act rule.

A federal rule designed to "crack down on loopholes" in an anti-cruelty law protecting horses has drawn the ire of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who called it "government overreach at its worst.

American Horse Council’s President Julie Broadway said AHC formally requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service delay the implementation of the revised Horse Protection Act regulations for 60 days.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today calling for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to finalize food-safety standards for the bacteria Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Listeria in meat and poultry.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in a press release that it would be updating the policies it already has in place to enhance testing of turkey flocks to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or highly pathogenic bird flu.

A routine inspection by the USDA found that 57% of Frankfort TPA Park's small birds were either dead or missing, with no explanation given by staff.

APHIS reports new cases in Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and Virginia and offers new information on the situation in Indiana.

Outgoing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture acknowledging the progress made in reopening cattle trade between the two countries following the detection of New World Screwworm,

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services are collabo

For the first time during the 2022-25 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, the presence of the virus has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated it policy for pre-slaughter surveillance of turkeys in its efforts to control the spread (HPAI). The announcement comes after a household cat contracted HPAI H5N1 from infected raw turkey pet food in late December 2024.