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Gradually improved nutrition standards for school meals will help promote the health of the nation's schoolchildren, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

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Starting next week, certain dairy cattle must be tested for avian influenza before they can be transported to a different state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The requirement is among several that will expand the testing, reporting and monitoring of the cattle to reduce the spread of bird flu among the animals. The […] The post Feds to require bird flu tests of dairy cattle before transport appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.

U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time

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Dairy herds infected with the highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N1) have been confirmed in 8 states including those close to Iowa and Missouri in South Dakota and K

Officials say the ground beef, sold between April 6 and 16, may be contaminated with E. coli.

The USDA says a recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase, but there is some concern it may still be in freezers.

U.S. soybean ending stocks and if there will be a convergence of conflicting Brazilian soybean production estimates were among the questions ahead of the agricultural supply and demand estimates report.

A Consumer Reports analysis found certain fruits and vegetables have a higher risk of pesticide residue.