August 15, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has moved to cancel contracts with union employees at its food safety and animal health inspection agencies, which union leaders say will ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which ...

Oregonians have few options if they want to buy locally-raised cuts of meat from smaller producers. A state program is trying to change that, but advocates and farmers say the Legislature needs to ...

Discovered: A solar lining for the U.S. economy; USDA not keeping pace with imported meat; horses get a Hendra vaccine; maybe don't dry your clothes indoors. Horses won't have to worry about Hendra ...