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New research offers a “win-win-win” scenario for conservation, food safety and crop production.

Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley accused his own party's staff on the Senate Ag Committee of working with meat processors to harm the prospects for a cattle market reform bill.

Newsom is tackling port infrastructure and supply chain challenges and asking for $22.5 billion for climate spending.

President Joe Biden assured the American Farm Bureau Federation that his administration is addressing farmers' concerns about rising production costs and supply chain disruptions, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said China would be pushed to fulfill its purchasing commitments under the "phase one" trade agreement. 

In a blow to the ethanol industry, the Supreme Court has denied a petition seeing review of a decision that found EPA doesn't have authority to allow year-round use of E15.

Gov. Newsom is issuing his January budget proposal Monday, setting the framework for negotiations with lawmakers.

The Supreme Court announces whether it will hear arguments in three cases important to farmers, while lawmakers put a focus on water infrastructure needs and a House panel examines the impact that a shift to electric vehicles could have on U.S. agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture is funneling $750 million into the nation’s school lunch program, a move it says is driven by the need to “keep pace with food and operational costs.”

Republicans are calling on Democratic leaders to invest the $31 billion surplus in water storage and easing tax and debt burdens.