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If there is one place that, in recent years, overwhelmingly demonstrates the need and importance of U.S. farm policy, it is California. For the past four years, this top agricultural producing state has experienced record drought conditions and for farmers like my husba

French livestock officials are awaiting test results on tissue samples from a cow suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy. If confirmed, it would be the country0s first case of BSE since 2004.

USDAps Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has concluded that itps unprepared to handle a large outbreak of the highly virulent foot and mouth livestock disease (FMD) and is taking the first steps to build a stockpile of at least 250 million doses of vaccin

A wide variety of farmers and agribusinesses eagerly watched President Barack Obamaps historic trip to Cuba this week but the interest was especially high in the land of rice and poultry. Arkansas p a state that ranks first in the nation in rice production, exporting mor

About 18 percent more rural residents have basic Internet access today compared to 2008 when President Obama first took office, according to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) data. And while thatps progress, USDA Under Secretary of Rural Development Lisa Mensah isn

U.S. wind farms now pay $222 million a year to landowners across rural America. This annual pwindfallp could soar to $650 million if the Department of Energy is right in forecasting that wind could provide 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030.

Speaking at the White House Water Summit, Congressman Jared Huffman said he doesnpt think enough has been done to address agricultural water use in his drought-stricken home state of California.

This year, about 20 rice growers in the Mid-South and California will be producing another sort of commodity p carbon credits.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association could be on the hook for as much as $33 million in fines if a judge in Washington state finds that it pintentionallyp hid the identity of donors to its anti-GMO labeling campaign in Washington state in 2013.

U.S. farmers may soon be able to use funds from federal check-off and marketing order programs to finance research, promotion and marketing operations for the first time in Cuba, a breakthrough for the U.S. agriculture sector which is seeking to boost exports to the com