Welcome to “the last bite,” an end-of-week food and ag roundup from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Reach out to business ...

The top officials who run the U.S. sugar program will stay in Washington after the Trump administration reorganizes the Agriculture Department, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden told The ...

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden said Monday that U.S. ag will see its voice reflected in the second Make America ...

By Hannah Yang Farming has never been easy, but this year seems especially challenging, with input costs rising, violent storms damaging crops and some commodity prices dropping. Those concerns took ...

A Trump administration plan to shutter one of the nation’s largest agricultural research centers in Prince George’s County ...

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden took questions from the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday after the agency ...

After USDA announced it was moving many of its staff out of Washington, D.C. and into Indianapolis and four other regional ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — Federal politicians discussed agricultural policy with passion at times in front of a large Farmfest Forum ...

Senate Democrats slammed the Agriculture Department’s decision to decentralize its operations and relocate employees based in ...

Policymakers from both parties reiterated their support for the U.S. sugar program at the annual International Sweetener Symposium in Traverse City, Michigan, this week, while Republicans touted OBBB ...

Sen. Adam Schiff questions USDA’s decision to not locate its five regional hubs in top farming states, including California.