USDA recently conducted what it billed as the largest trade mission in the department's history to Mexico, conducting more than 500 business meetings in three days. The department also announced the opening of a new Tampico facility that will aerially disperse sterile flies.

Livestock producers have until Nov. 21 to enroll in the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW). The programs have already paid out more than $1 billion to more than 348,000 applicants.

More common in dairy cows, supernumerary teats can interfere with milking machines. In beef cattle, they are less of a concern unless they interfere with the calf's ability to latch on and nurse.

The Trump administration on Monday released a newly proposed definition of waters of the U.S. and is set to launch a 45-day public comment period.

President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 signed a funding bill after the House voted 222-209 to end the 43-day shutdown. The bill provides short-term funding through January 2026 for most of the federal government but USDA for the full fiscal year 2026, while also extending...

The Continuing Resolution will reopen government immediately and extend funding for USDA through the end of the fiscal year. Parts of the farm bill would also be extended. The bill would end the longest government shutdown in history, which will reach 42 days on Tuesday.

On social media on Friday, President Donald Trump called for the Justice Department to immediately begin an investigation into meatpackers. Attorney General Pam Bondi responded that the DOJ's Antitrust Division is looking into the industry.