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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2017 - Praise and criticism greeted a report delivered to the White House yesterday recommending changes to the boundaries of a “handful” of national monuments.

Reducing the rate of return for companies participating in the federal crop insurance program could result in significant savings, a new Government Accountability Office report concludes.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2017 - In an effort to protect local producers, the Brazilian government has approved plans to impose a 20 percent tariff on U.S. ethanol imports.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2017 - Members of the United Soybean Board have selected Polly Ruhland to serve as their next Chief Executive Officer, succeeding current CEO John Becherer who plans to retire at the end of 2017 after more than 20 years of service to the checkoff.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 - The EPA is pushing back against a New York Times report that describes some of the internal deliberations leading up to the agency’s decision to deny a petition that sought to ban the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has named Tony Tooke as the next chief of the U.S. Forest Service, succeeding Tom Tidwell, who is retiring effective Sept. 1.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2017 - Negotiators wrapped up a first round of talks on revising the North American Free Trade Agreement that included discussions about sanitary and phytosanitary rules important to agricultural trade.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2017 - Feed mills, grain processors and other facilities involved in supplying animal feed. including corn ethanol plants, face upcoming compliance dates for regulations intended to prevent spread of toxins, pathogens and other sources of contamination.