The 2026 USDA Danger Zone and Time Limits The USDA defines the ‘Danger Zone’ as the temperature range between 40°F and 140°F, where bacteria can double in number in as little as 20 minutes. For the summer of 2026, the USDA has issued
For the families farming the soil of Tift County, Georgia, the late June heat usually brings a second, more exhausting struggle: the annual pilgrimage to a government office to manually color in paper maps. This Monday, the USDA announced a pilot program aimed
For the researchers at America’s land-grant universities, the daily reality of innovation isn’t a sleek, high-tech glass box—it is often a bucket catching drips from a 50-year-old ceiling. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins addressed this structural decay Tuesday, announcing a $125 million annual