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Researchers say up to a third of Americans are not getting the proper sleep their bodies and brains need. The CDC say it's a national public health problem , and in the opinion of one expert, "it's essentially another pandemic." Susan Harris is a nurse and sleep expert with University of Nebraska Extension ...

Last week, the Washington Farm Bureau filed a friend of the court with the Building Industry Association of Washington over the new rules, and powers, offered to the state Department of Labor and Industries under Governor Jay Inslee’s Proclamation 20-57. The ...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week approved 13 states for online food purchases with SNAP benefits. Once operational, online purchasing will be available in 36 states and the District of Columbia, home to more than 90% of SNAP participants ...

The Centers for Disease Control is out with new guidelines to protect meatpacking workers from COVID-19. The meat and poultry processing workers are not exposed to the virus through the meat products they handle. However, their work environments, processing lines and others where they have close contact with coworkers and supervisors, may contribute substantially to their potential exposures ... R

The USDA has added two states to its pilot program allowing food-stamp recipients to use their benefits to make purchases online. "We're also expanding our online food-purchasing pilot to nearly 5 million SNAP recipients in Arizona and California," said Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue ...

Earlier this week Senator Tammy Baldwin announced increased mental health funding for farmers.  The Wisconsin Democrat’s Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental health and Encouraging Rural Solutions for Immediate Response to Stressful Times, or FARMERS FIRST Act, provides funding for local mental health resources.   T...

Across the United States, the Ag community is working to address the growing program of farmer suicides.  According to the latest figures from the CDC, while the suicide rate in the Ag industry is not dissimilar from the general population, the suicide rate among male farmers is twice as high as the non-farm community.  ...

Across the United States, the Ag community is working to address the growing program of farmer suicides.  According to the latest figures from the CDC, while the suicide rate in the Ag industry is not dissimilar from the general population, the suicide rate among male farmers is twice as high as the non-farm community.   ...

New technology is helping federal officials link salmonella illness cases in different parts of the country to the same pathogen.     "They're able to make those associations through the use of whole-genome sequencing technology in a way, I think, previously you might have thought that five people from one state, and four people from another state, and three people somewhere else, are getting

Anne Hazlett, the USDA Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, announced that the agency has formalized an agreement to aid rural Americans in fighting the opioid epidemic.  A nonprofit organization will purchase homes from the USDA and convert them to transitional housing for people recovering from opioid misuse.   “...