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Some leading lawmakers and one of the top CEOs in ag industry will have prominent places today at the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

While the Inflation Reduction Act increases funding for existing agricultural conservation projects, its investment in renewable energy has the potential to also help expand indoor agriculture.

The White House is laying out a strategy today for meeting the President Biden’s ambitious goal of ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases by 2030.

The White House has revealed some details of the hunger and nutrition conference that’s planned for Wednesday.

A Kansas Republican says he wants to make sure crop insurance is protected if any kind of permanent disaster program is written into the upcoming farm bill.

The Biden administration is being pushed to consider dismantling the county committee system that USDA has long relied on to manage farm programs at the local level.

The Trump administration's overhaul of Endangered Species Act regulations that was welcomed by industry groups but opposed by environmentalists is back in place following an appeals court decision.

It’s been two weeks since the Senate Finance Committee unanimously voted to approve Doug McKalip to be the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

No matter what happens in November, it won’t be easy for congressional Republicans to block the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda.