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Following the inaugural meeting of the Make America Healthy Again Commission, Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced their continued work on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

In the event of an emergency or disaster, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service provides assistance in collaboration with a wide range of partners. Rod Bain reports.

Today U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk engaged in formal consultation with Tribal Nations on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.  The consultation continues USDA’s practice of regular government-to-government dialogue on this important nutrition program. 

USDA announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the Department’s reorganization plan.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law:

USDA today released the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s review of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack’s choice to modify the longstanding SNAP obligation practice.

USDA announced that people recovering from the impact of recent wildfires and straight-line winds may be eligible for food assistance through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Secretary Brooke Rollins announced today that USDA will be delivering any assistance it can for communities and agricultural producers affected by the weekend storms that cut a path of devastation through the South and Midwest.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced new guidance surrounding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s commitment to protecting faith and religious expression and accommodation rights in the federal workplace.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in Newsweek on how the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) will empower farmers and ranchers.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today directed FNS to immediately clarify and enforce all rules restricting its beneficiaries to U.S. citizens and legal residents only. 

In response to the catastrophic flooding across Central Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continues to direct the USDA's activation of comprehensive disaster response and recovery resources. 

Today, we released the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program state payment error rates, a measure of how accurately states determine who is eligible and subsequent benefit allotments.

Today, USDA's FNS will require states to make certain all records associated with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and allotments are shared with the federal government.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Investigations Unit, in conjunction with Federal law enforcement partners, conducted operations this week to target criminals engaged in defrauding American taxpayers by stealing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

USDA issued a memorandum to all state agencies administering SNAP making it clear states must ensure SNAP benefits are provided with an expectation that those who can work, do.

Today, USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services is taking steps to end government inefficiencies by issuing a stern warning to state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, demanding immediate action to address unacceptable delays in processing applications and recertifications.

Brooke Rollins was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a private ceremony today at the Supreme Court building. The U.S. Senate confirmed Rollins by a vote of 72-to-28.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.