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Senior political leaders at USDA, which has been accused of downplaying the climate issue, say helping farmers address climate change is a priority for the department, asserting that sustainably increasing food production to feed a growing global population is a matter of “world security.” 

Three longtime GOP members of the House Agriculture Committee are vying to be the panel's top Republican in the next Congress.

Ag and environmental organizations are split in their assessment of new EPA regulations requiring production and retail establishments handling certain hazardous chemicals — such as anhydrous ammonia — to prepare risk management plans.

Ohio is embarking on a series of wetland construction and restoration projects in the northwestern part of the state as part of Gov. Mike DeWine’s recently announced H2Ohio initiative, which includes $172 million over two years to reduce harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

The Surface Transportation Broad's fresh quorum is advancing a bevy of initiatives that ag shippers hope will spell more fairness in rail rates and fees.

The Department of Agriculture expects imports of an additional 100,000 short tons of refined Mexican sugar to compensate for shortages in U.S. production.

Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a two-term governor of Iowa who now leads the dairy industry's export efforts, on Saturday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president.

Americans will spend almost exactly what they did last year on their Thanksgiving Day meal, according to the annual survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says negotiations to bring the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the House floor are ongoing, but procedural steps required once a deal with the Trump administration is secured could push a vote into the new year.