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The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will meet this Friday starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Health and Human Services and the USDA invite the public to participate by registering to view the livestream.

USDA has announced an investment of $500-million in American Rescue Plan funds intended to make agricultural markets more accessible, fair, competitive, and resilient.

During its December meeting, the Georgia Farm Bureau Board of Directors approved its set of priority issues for 2021.

The USDA has released updated projections for citrus production for the 2020-21 season. The USDA projected 57 million boxes of oranges and 4.5 million boxes of grapefruit.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting the vast apple orchards of Washington state each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many work illegally in the United States. That system could eventually come to an end as at least two companies are rushing to get robotic fruit picking machines to market...