United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is a key executive branch of the U.S. government dedicated to supporting commercial farming and livestock food production. Its mission includes promoting agricultural trade and production, ensuring food safety, safeguarding natural resources, enhancing rural communities, and striving to eliminate hunger both within the U.S. and globally. The department is led by the Secretary of Agriculture, who directly reports to the President and is part of the President's Cabinet.

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Secretary Rollins Previews Her Vision for Restoring Rural Prosperity | Home

1 month ago | usda.gov
Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 1890 Scholars Program

Jan 17, 2025 | usda.gov | Michael Paul Williams

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s aura in my childhood home was so pervasive that you would have thought he was a member of our family. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s aura in my childhood home was so pervasive that you would have thought he was a member of our family. My mother, who’d been born on our family farm in Mississippi and later raised in Chicago, came to age at the height of the 1960 Civil Rights movement and understood the period in a way that history books never fully explain.
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production | Home

Jan 6, 2025 | usda.gov

Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
Health and Safety | Home

Dec 12, 2024 | usda.gov

USDA conducts risk assessments, educates the public about the importance of food safety, and inspects domestic products, imports, and exports.
Internships and Career Opportunities | Home

Dec 12, 2024 | usda.gov

Internships and Career Opportunities
Research and Science | Home

Dec 11, 2024 | usda.gov

Research and Science
Keep your Kitchen Clean and Sanitized this Thanksgiving | USDA

Nov 20, 2024 | usda.gov

Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather to celebrate together, and the center of the action is the kitchen. Pots and pans will be full of collard greens and gravy while a turkey cooks in the oven. With so many moving parts, it is key that the preparation and cooking areas get fully cleaned and sanitized to avoid the spread of bacteria that causes foodborne illness.
Rural Development: An Impact that Saves Lives

Nov 18, 2024 | usda.gov | Jessica Bowser

Posted by Jessica Bowser, Content Management Analyst, Rural Development in Rural On April 10, 2024, I received a call from my dad asking me to come help him at our family farm there had been an accident. The front axle of my dad’s tractor had broken in half, and he had jumped off the tractor before it tipped over. When I arrived at the farm, my dad couldn’t walk. I called a local ambulance to transport him to a trauma center in Topeka, Kan., for evaluation of his leg.
America’s Summer BBQ: Sizzling from the Southern Plains | USDA

Aug 20, 2024 | usda.gov

Oklahoma and Texas form one of the nation’s most abundant agricultural regions. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, these two states accounted for 8% of total U.S. agricultural sales. The market value of agricultural products from Texas came to $32.2 billion, 6% of U.S. agricultural sales. In Oklahoma, the market value of agricultural sales reached $8.5 billion, 2% of total U.S. agricultural sales.
USDA Process Verified Program: Transparency from Farm to Market

Aug 13, 2024 | usda.gov | Jennifer Porter

Posted by Jennifer Porter, Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service in Farming Health and Safety When purchasing food, many consumers look for information on where the food came from and how it was produced. No antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed are a few marketing claims consumers find on protein-based food packaging. To provide assurance to customers of the validity of these and other claims, producers often enlist the services of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).