U.S. Department of Agriculture

The USDA provides funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which uses some of that money to kill beavers. The DNR believes beavers are destructive to trout streams.

Climate Smart Farming is an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate resilient practices.

About 600 Michigan farms will be getting a survey to fill out in the coming months. The survey comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Survey…

DNR protects Michigan forestsThe state Department of Natural Resources says about 750 acres in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula will be protected,…

A recent survey released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the state of Michigan has slipped from seventh to ninth place in national…

You probably know 2012 was just horrible for Michigan’s fruit growers. But new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows it was officially the…

A small farming community in West Michigan is celebrating the opening of plant that will turn organic waste into electricity.Colonies of specialized…

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow says she’s “disappointed” the congressional super committee did not come to an agreement to cut the federal budget…

DETROIT (AP) - A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers are cutting back significantly on the amount of soil and nutrients eroding…