At Donald Trump’s behest, DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.

Some lawmakers think it might be both. The Department of Justice is now investigating.

The president’s policies regarding trade and immigration, as well as bone-deep cuts to government spending, have brought chaos to the nation’s agriculture industry.

Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs—and then told American farmers to “have fun!”

Farming-dependent counties supported Trump at astonishing levels in November’s election. But funding freezes and Department of Agriculture firings could hit them hard.

The Trump administration is desperately trying to correct a grave miscalculation.

Turns out, Donald Trump can’t control egg prices.

Avian flu has sent the cost of eggs surging across the country.

Elon Musk’s sloppy work is sending the government rushing around for much-needed personnel.

Democrats are understandably eager to stick it to Trump over his unmet campaign promise to reduce prices. But society’s fixation with cheaply produced eggs is precisely what got us into this mess.

Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.

After some shocking discoveries a few years back, Maine has led the charge in banning the use of sewage-based fertilizers, which have been found to contaminate farmlands with PFAS. Getting national policies on the books, however, may prove much harder.

Donald Trump is expected to nominate former Senator Kelly Loeffler—likely in return for a very big favor.

The media is trumpeting studies that say we can drastically reduce cows’ methane emissions merely by feeding them a particular seaweed. But I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.

From deporting agricultural workers to cutting back SNAP and free school meals, the policies Trump or his advisers have espoused could wreak havoc on households’ food budgets.

Four people on dairy farms have contracted the disease, but small farms exist in a regulatory no-man’s-land.

Some people mistakenly think raw milk could protect against bird flu. Instead, they could infect themselves, giving the virus a better chance to mutate for rapid human-to-human transmission.

The House Oversight Committee chair has repeatedly hounded the Biden family for business ties to China.

House Republicans’ farm bill includes a provision reversing a California law promoting more humane housing conditions for livestock. Opponents say the law infringes on other states’ prerogatives.

The meat industry is pumping livestock full of antibiotics, exacerbating drug resistance in humans.