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The House Agriculture Committee is urging lawmakers to leave farm and nutrition programs alone as a new budget blueprint is developed.

Many U.S. farm organizations are gearing up for an effort to convince members of Congress that they should approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this year  preferably sooner (before the November elections) than later.

There is no good reason for the Supreme Court to review  and possibly reverse  an appeals court decision that upheld an ambitious plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay to health.

Embedded in the monstrous budget bill Congress hammered out late last year is a tweak in tax laws that few noticed but is surely a big hit among agricultural scientists and those who fund them.

In the midst of a prolonged downturn in the cattle market, the industrys largest producer group is taking action, hoping to address what it sees as some financial funny business in futures trading.

Its not just food manufacturers who are having to deal with FDAs major food safety overhaul. Nearly every biodiesel plant in the U.S. is on a tight deadline to rework its protocols to meet new industry regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA),

The prospect of delisting the Yellowstone grizzly under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been high in recent years, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) appears closer than ever to handing the management of the bear over to Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

The state officials who work most closely with farmers need to make their voices heard by federal regulators, industry leaders said Monday during a panel discussion at the kickoff of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture meeting in Washington.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will prepare a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate a range of alternatives for updating its biotechnology regulations.

China National Chemical Corp. is close to an agreement to buy Swiss pesticide-and-seed-maker Syngenta AG for almost $43 billion, Bloomberg Business and the Wall Street Journal are reporting.