USDA-APHIS

USDA-APHIS is expanding the area quarantined for citrus greening in parts of southern California. Find out which counties are affected.

USDA is seeking public comment on petitions to deregulate two fruit selections developed using genetic engineering.

USDA-APHIS is taking action because of citrus greening detections in plant tissue samples collected in Riverside and Orange counties.

USDA secures $129.2 million in emergency funds to deter fruit flies — some of the most destructive fruit and vegetable pests in the world.

USDA is granting more than $70 million to back hundreds of projects meant to fortify, prevent, detect, and mitigate invasive pests and diseases.

USDA is urging vigilance as Lower Rio Grande Valley is at risk of being infested by damaging fruit pests.

USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.

Positive identifications of serious citrus fruit malady prompts action from USDA APHIS and the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Government agency is investing more than $70 million in 374 projects through the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program.

USDA-APHIS expands Oriental fruit fly quarantine in response to more confirmed detections of adult flies from various trapping sites.