Hurricane Melissa has devastated Jamaica, causing severe damage to fishing and farming communities. Prince Davis, a fisherman, discovered his boat and home were destroyed while he was in Nicaragua. In ...

Learn how a new AI tool, Leaf Monitor, developed by researchers at UC Davis, can help farmers optimize and protect their crops.

Agricultural conditions across the Corn Belt are strained in part due to concerns about China’s elimination of soybean purchases and low crop prices, according to a Federal Reserve survey.

Eighty ag literacy coalitions serving 89 Illinois counties were awarded $668,150 in grant dollars, which can be used for materials, training, educational lessons, and activities taking place during ...

We are witnessing an interesting moment in economic development of Northern Nigeria. The recently concluded Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialisation Summit (NNIIS), organised under the ...

Food assistance programs through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and California’s CalFresh were ...

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

A federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts gave the United States Department of Agriculture until Monday to come up with a plan to at least partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A listeria outbreak linked to recalled pasta meals has infected more than two dozen people, leading to six deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Here’s what SNAP benefits are, who funds them, the average amount that participants will be missing next month and some food assistance resources.

With no end in sight to the federal shutdown, local and state food resources are bracing for the impending SNAP cuts expected in November.