President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the ...

Bird flu is to blame for the elevated egg prices, rations and empty shelves at local grocery stores. The big picture: A growing outbreak of avian influenza has affected nearly 13 million birds in the ...

Biomedical engineering researchers Jean Fan, Casey Taylor among a select group of scientists and engineers recognized ...

Most state anti-cruelty laws also exempt farmed animals or allow standard practices that are patently cruel. No federal law in the United States explicitly regulates the treatment of animals on farms, ...