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- The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced that 10 private companies would be awarded $30 million and granted access to high-performance computing resources housed in its national laboratories to address major manufacturing challenges, such as improving turbine blades

Wind tower heights have grown steadily over the last decade as operators seek stronger wind speeds higher up in the atmosphere to increase energy yields.

Agricultural scientists are pushing gene editing to do everything from create pigs that can t catch the flu to produce corn with increased yields, but government regulators are scrambling to update antiquated regulations that threaten to hamper the technology.

There s no sign that Capitol Hill is in any hurry to give the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) its stamp of approval, so producer groups are taking it upon themselves to push for speedy ratification of the agreement.

When Congress debated the 2014 farm bill, an unusual alliance between farm groups, the insurance industry and conservation organizations was key to fighting off attempts to cut the insurance program. But there are signs that alliance might be fraying even before lawmakers start work on

A group that represents convenience stores and gas stations is up in arms over newly proposed requirements on retail food stores that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits as payment.

Kids from all 50 states are being challenged to come up with a healthy, affordable lunch recipe tasty enough to be served at the White House.

In December, Mauricio Macri was sworn in as Argentina s president, ushering in changes that could be felt around the world, especially in agriculture, where his country was already among the top rivals of the U.S. in world export markets. Macri made good o

The campaign to pass western water legislation got a boost Tuesday from Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., who announced he would offer a bill to accompany S. 2533, which was introduced Feb. 10 by his fellow Californian and Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

You won t read about it in any infrastructure legislation, but there s a highway under construction that could join segments of Canadian and U.S. crop production and position a region for a good deal of economic success.