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More and more people are going solar even if they don t own a home, don t have a sunny rooftop, can t afford to buy their own rooftop system

The fire that led to a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer plant in West, Texas, was set intentionally, qualifying it as a criminal act, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has concluded.

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2016 à The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will develop regulations to update its Process Safety Management Standard but wonàt exempt ag retailers from PSM requirements in the meantime.

A top Cargill executive and past Nebraska state FFA officer has been chosen as the next chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation.

Leading consumer advocates and environmental groups are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the use of the term ànaturalà on food products or at least require them to meet the same standards as organic foods. FDA àhas the clear authority and responsibility to ba

After a week-long recess, Congress has just over 30 working days left to enact a law that would stop Vermontàs first-in-the-nation GMO labeling law from taking effect. No agreement on a preemption bill has yet to emerge, and Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts

If USDA implements its proposed rule overhauling retailer requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), tens of thousands of convenience stores would stop accepting the government benefits once known as food stamps, the National Association of Convenience S

Agricultural producers overwhelmingly want to be in control of the àbig dataà they collect and use on their operations, according to a survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

U.S. pork exports to China are rising sharply and thereàs no sign of a slowdown anytime soon. Exporters shipped about $72 million worth of pork to China in just the first three months of this year, a 250 percent increase from the same period in 2015, according to data

Farmers eager to see Congress make it easier for them to secure foreign workers have been pinning their hopes on lawmakers finally taking up immigration reform in 2017. With Donald Trump now the presumptive GOP nominee, some supporters of immigration reform believe the chances for that hap