Other Ag News

Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 10:00am

(Washington, D.C., December 11, 2025) — Today, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom (PDF, 1.4 MB) demanding California...

Read More
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 7:00pm

(Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today highlighted the outpouring of support from governors, commodity groups, farm bureaus, and agriculture industry leaders across the country following President Trump’s announcement of $12...

Read More
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 4:21pm
Photo credit: Madeline Turner

While the longest federal government shutdown in US history has finally ended, its impacts on farmers, families, and communities nationwide are complex and ongoing. No two government shutdowns are identical since each Administration makes their own determination...

Read More
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 2:25pm

(Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, alongside U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a $700 million...

Read More
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 12:21pm

(Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., today announced the approval of six new state SNAP food-choice waivers under the Make America...

Read More
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 11:36am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

Associate Director of Communications and Development

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

press@sustainableagriculture.net, 347.563.6408

Contact: Jessica Manly

...

Read More
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 4:00pm

(Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025) – President Donald J. Trump alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (AR), Senator Deb Fischer (NE), Senator John Hoeven (ND),...

Read More
Friday, December 5, 2025 - 2:25pm

(Byron, GA, December 5, 2025) – Today in Georgia, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced $501 million in investments for 59 rural development projects and an additional $405 million in affordable housing in communities across the state of Georgia. These...

Read More
Friday, December 5, 2025 - 10:30am

(Washington, D.C., December 5, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced major updates to federal crop insurance, reducing red tape for farmers, modernizing long-standing policies, and expanding access to critical risk protection beginning with the...

Read More
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 2:34pm

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 25, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced that Nevada has met USDA’s rigorous "at least equal to" food safety standard and will be joining the State Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) Program. Nevada’s participation...

Read More

Pages

Signup for the Ag Newsletter

Get the freshest farm news, events and updates from in and around Cattaraugus County, NY at least once a month! Go signup!

Other ways to stay connected:

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus Counties ... putting knowledge to work