If confirmed, Rollins would take charge of the agency at a time when many farmers have seen their profits plunge and when the Forest Service is joining efforts to fight a wave of wildfires in

The person likely to lead the USDA under President Trump is a supporter of whole milk in American diets. During the Senate confirmation hearing for USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins, Senator and Dr.

If USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins is confirmed, Americans who receive federal supplemental food assistance may face stricter work requirements and reduced benefits, farmers and ranchers may struggle to find sufficient employees to harvest crops and school lunches may have fewer ultra processed foods.

Washington, D.C. — At Department of Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins’ Senate Confirmation hearing today, the prospective Donald Trump-appointee embraced several Big Ag legislative and regulatory priorities that would bolster corporate factory farms to the detriment of the environment, climate, small farmers and rural communities.

Brooke Rollins, President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, received a warm response from the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday as she made a vigorous opening statement and gave detailed answers to questions,

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 approach taken in Trump's first term.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said during her confirmation hearing Thursday that she has “a lot to learn” about highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu, the virus that’s wreaking havoc on the country’s poultry industry and dairy farms.

In sum, the letter said, Rollins’ leadership at USDA is necessary to help "advocate for a new farm bill, stabilize an agricultural economy in decline, support the full food and agriculture and ...

President Donald Trump's nominee for Agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, faced little questioning on climate policy.