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The USDA Office of Ethics is a small office with a large responsibility in a department of over 100,000 employees. Whether you are working the soil in forests, making sure school kids have nutritious lunches each day, conducting research to solve agricultural problems, or serving the American public in any myriad ways we do at USDA, the Office of Ethics is here to help you navigate ethics laws. The office of Ethics provides training and advice to help USDA personnel understand the rules that govern their conduct as government employees. 

The seeds of digital transformation are taking root as application reviews for our agency’s first Digital Service (DS) Fellows cohort are in progress. By establishing a dedicated fellow team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), we will be able to improve access to USDA resources and...

Dr. Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, to take action to help his students

When purchasing food, many consumers look for information on where the food came from and how it was produced. No antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed are a few marketing claims consumers find on protein-based food packaging. To provide assurance to customers of the validity of these and other...

Oklahoma and Texas form one of the nation’s most abundant agricultural regions. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, these two states accounted for 8% of total U.S. agricultural sales. The market value of agricultural products from Texas came to $32.2 billion, 6% of U.S. agricultural sales...

Here's the latest on pasture and range condition ratings. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the national weather forecast for August 20th through the 26th.

USDA is leadine a special trade mission this week in Columbia. (Gary Crawford and USDA Under Secretary for Trade Alexis Taylor)

A new Secretarial advisory committee focused on technical assistance and verifying carbon credits for growers is now accepting applications. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)