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A manatee floats in the warm water of a Florida Power &amp; Light discharge canal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2022. A manatee was rescued from entanglement (not pictured) in a pound net in the waters off Windmill Point in Virginia’s Northern Neck, the state's Marine Police wrote on Facebook Monday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Florida aquarium’s manatee dead from ‘high-intensity’ sex with his brother

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan, China, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Senators challenge USDA to detail spending to group that funded Wuhan lab

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An alligator is seen in a pond at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006. Florida's alligator hunting season started Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, with new rules expanding the time and weapons that can be used. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File)

Gator bites snorkeler in U.S. Forest Service swim area in Florida

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack addresses a gathering at Fresh Start Food Hub & Market on June 15, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

$115M in federal grants will give a boost to smaller meat processors in 17 states

By Scott McFetridge - Associated Press

Ethan Joseph, vineyard manager and head wine grower for Shelburne Vineyards in Shelburne, Vt., talks May 31, 2023, about damage to grapes from a late-season frost. Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have ever seen. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

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Calif. church, preschool sue over federal aid cutoff under Biden administration gender rules

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Gabby Frasch, 5, grabs a carton of milk for lunch, which was being served through the Summer Food Service Program delivered by the Green Bay Area Public School District to the Brown County Library's Southwest branch in Green Bay, Wis. on Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Green Bay Press-Gazette, Kyle Bursaw) NO SALES

Time to diet: Chocolate, strawberry milk could be cut from school menus

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Milk is displayed at a grocery store in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Dems’ war on milk: USDA moves to shift low-income Americans to soy, other lactose-free options

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Marty Plaskett, a hay farmer in Diamond Valley, Nev., stands near one of his irrigation pivots that's watering his alfalfa field on Sept. 2, 2022. Plaskett may soon consider selling off parts of his water rights back to the state of Nevada. Plaskett, 57, has lived on a farm in Diamond Valley that his family bought for almost his whole life.(Kaleb Roedel/Mountain West News Bureau via AP)

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

By Gabe Stern - Associated Press

In this photo made on June 16, 2022, rows of fresh cut beef is in the coolers of the retail section at the Wight's Meat Packing facility in Fombell, Pa. Federal agriculture officials on Monday, March 6, 2023 released new requirements that would allow labels on meat, poultry or eggs to claim that phrase -- or “Product of USA” -- only if they come from animals “born, raised, slaughtered and processed in the United States.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File )

Made in the USA? Proposed rule clarifies grocery meat labels

By Jonel Aleccia - Associated Press

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Catfish from the Mississippi Delta compete with those raised in Asia. Rising costs associated with feed, fuel and transportation have forced many Delta catfish farmers to scale back operations.

Over 2,900 pounds of frozen catfish filets recalled because they were imported from India

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Joshua Beltran, 5, drinks his milk in the cafeteria area at Kingsley Elementary School, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Spilt milk: Why Democrats say only offering cow’s milk in schools is ‘dietary racism’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This Wednesday, April 11, 2012 file photo shows turkeys at a farm in Lebanon, Pa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Fighting food poisoning: Sweeping poultry changes proposed

By David Pitt - Associated Press

A pile of butter sticks on a yellow background. File photo credit: ABBYDOG via Shutterstock

Butter shortage churns market prices just before the holiday baking season begins

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - USDA wildlife specialist Will Guigou, right, and pilot Thomas Taylor prepare to distribute packets of baited rabies vaccine by helicopter from a container between Guigou's knees Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport's Lovell Field in Chattanooga, Tenn. The U.S. government has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama. The major aim is to keep raccoons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn't been found or isn't widespread, said field trial coordinator Jordona Kirby. ( Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

USDA scattering rabies vaccines for wildlife in 13 states

By Janet McConnaughey - Associated Press

Workers process chickens at a poultry plant in Fremont, Neb., Dec. 12, 2019. The federal government on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products

By David Pitt - Associated Press

Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas swims in the first leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships at Harvard, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

Biden administration abandons biology. What’s next for parents?

By Jonathan Butcher

A harbor seal pokes its head out of the water in Casco Bay, Thursday, July 30, 2020, off Portland, Maine. An usual number of seals have been getting stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Federal infrastructure spending in the water sector: a once-in-a-generation opportunity

By Patrick J. Hogan

In this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, file photo, health workers in full protective gear collect dead chickens killed by using carbon dioxide, after bird flu was found in some birds at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file) **FILE**

Bird flu case found in Wisconsin chickens as outbreak raises concern

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times