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USDA s milestone decisions not to regulate crops developed with the popular new CRISPR gene-editing technique are raising hopes for companies looking to get new crop traits to market in less time and with less public controversy. But left unsettled is the question of whether crops prod

Biotechnology innovation is happening so quickly, federal regulators can t keep up, which is why they have asked the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering for help predicting the future.

An end to the embargo on Cuba would offer major rewards to U.S. agricultural exporters, but Cuba still needs to make substantial reforms to remove barriers that could hamper trade, according to a 437-page report by the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Four Cuban officials are traveling through the U.S. this week, getting their first look at grain production from field to port and meeting with commodity and political leaders along the way.

So far, the U.S. dairy sector is swimming along fairly well through a flooded world market. American dairy farmers have a mixed bag economically this year, starting with a national producer milk price of $15.70 per hundredweight (cwt), its lowest in nearly s

The nation s largest farm organization is trying to make sure that online sales are treated and taxed the same as their brick and mortar counterparts in an effort to shield their members from soaring property taxes.

Too many wild horses for too many years have caused considerable ecosystem degradation on the Western range shrinking available acreage for livestock grazing, complicating wildlife management and costing taxpayers a small fortune, say advocates in support of rangeland health.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak covers New York primary, energy Bill, MTB, appropriations, GMO labeling and Foodtank meeting.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack described the depth of poverty in rural America at a Farm Foundation Forum Monday, while at a separate meeting, Lisa Mensah, his top assistant on rural development, called for increased access to broadband as a way to give an economic boost to unde

House appropriators narrowly agreed to block the Agriculture Department from issuing new regulations on poultry and livestock contract practices, and Republicans preserved a $3 million plan to promote consumer acceptance of biotech crops. The House Appropriations Committee, debatin