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National Grange Master Betsy Huber, just completing her first year as president of the oldest U.S. general farm organization, aims to increase its stature as it celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2017. The Grange plans to put its emphasis on crop insurance and health care legi

If you are lucky enough to have started a family in recent years, be advised that providing for your child through his or her high school days may be a challenge.

From this last election, the country was reminded that rural America has a voice. It is time to make sure the voices of family farmers are heard as well.

Idahos challenge to a federal land-use plan designed to protect greater sage-grouse has been rejected by a federal judge, who said the state could not demonstrate legal standing.

EPA s farmworker protection rule will go into effect Jan. 2 as scheduled, the agency said today.

By this time next year, I believe we ll reflect back on 2017 as the year that the private sector stepped up to protect our land, water and wildlife for future generations.

The Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project in the Sierra National Forest in California is the big winner among the 10 new projects earmarked for funding in 2017 under USDAps Joint Chiefsp Landscape Restoration Partnership.

Mississippi River Basin states should be given a chance to address nutrient pollution first, before the federal government steps in, a federal court ruled late last week.

President Obama signed into law a water projects authorization bill and issued a statement cautioning agency managers to heed endangered species requirements before increasing irrigation water supplies in California€s drought-stricken Central Valley.