USDA

The USDA is the United States Department of Agriculture, a federal agency responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to a significant revision of its beef-export sales data and its involvement in a lawsuit over alleged secret influence on federal dietary guidelines.

Latest on USDA

• This may be the real reason USDA made a huge revision to its beef-export sales data
• USDA lowers reported beef export sales by 90% amid growing doubts over data
• USDA would get more AI grants, research, farmer education under new Senate bill
• Grok-maker xAI gets USDA backing in pursuit of FedRAMP High authorization
• The suit, brought by a nonprofit that advocates for plant-based diets, claims HHS and the USDA used a 'secret panel' of scientists to flip the food pyramid.
• The USDA will remove restrictions placed to contain the spread of a deadly livestock parasite
• The USDA will remove restrictions placed to contain the spread of a deadly livestock parasite as the White House looks to tamp down grocery inflation

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