U.S. Department of Agriculture

A notoriously destructive insect once eradicated from the United States is seeing a resurgence in Mexico – and ranchers are worried that it will soon cross the border to wreak havoc on their livestock.

Almost a month after the Trump Administration announced it was going to "restructure" the U.S. Forest Service, environmental groups are growing increasingly worried about what this move means for a number of important, historical files in the agency’s archives.

The federal government is touting a new plan that they say will cut "bureaucratic red tape” in order to support ranchers and lower consumer prices. At the same time, activists say it could also impact federal Mexican gray wolf populations.

All of New Mexico’s largest active wildfires have ignited in areas facing the most severe drought conditions in the entire country.

The executive director of Northern New Mexico’s food bank, The Food Depot, says the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s elimination of a program that connected food banks to local food producers is “devastating.”

The White House said that efficiencies will benefit everyone, including farmers. But in New Mexico, some worry that contracts with the federal government won't be honored.

The USDA is giving an influx of cash to acequias in New Mexico and Colorado

For many of New Mexico’s students, school meals are crucial, with more than 80% of them receiving half their daily calories from school breakfasts and lunches. Now, new nutrition standards from he U.S. Department of Agriculture aim to make these meals healthier and prevent diet-related diseases which are on the rise.

New Mexico hasn’t had a state meat inspection program since 2007, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture took it over due to “repetitive noncompliance with federal standards,” according to a 2021 legislative report. Proposals to bring it back have failed to clear both chambers of the Legislature four years in a row, but this year’s bill still has a chance of reaching the governor’s desk.

Old growth forests are a natural and crucial resource for mitigating the ongoing effects of climate change because they provide clean drinking water and absorb carbon from our atmosphere.