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The Senate farm bill debates in 2012 and 2013 provide several clues as to how some of the major presidential candidates view issues such as crop insurance, conservation and biotechnology.

The takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon`s Harney County by a small band of mostly out-of-state armed ranchers is shining light on a lot of American ranchers` mounting frustrations with federal oversight of the 438 million acres administered by the Bureau of La

It`s been said that a rising tide lifts all boats, but a rising river appears to be doing the same thing as grain shippers deal with the effects of Midwest flooding as they try to move the 2015 grain harvest to export terminals near New Orleans.

The public debate over labeling food as `natural` when it contains genetically modified ingredients is about to heat up before the FDA can even finish collecting public feedback.

Now that some of the biggest grocery chains, food processing firms and fast food restaurants have jumped on the cage-free egg bandwagon, what`s to come of the traditional `caged` egg industry in the United States?

Farmers who engage in legal use of pesticides cannot be found liable for harming northern long-eared bats, which have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Agricultural retailers ` and the media that cover them ` may have been too hasty last month in announcing a long-term congressional reprieve from Occupational Safety and Health Administration Process Safety Management (PSM) standards.

So what does rural America look like once you open the hatch and take a look under the hood? USDA`s Economic Research Service (ERS) held a webcast last week to highlight findings from its 2015 "Rural America at a Glance" report,

A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers is urging USDA to delay publishing a proposed rule for inspecting hog-slaughter facilities, saying the plan undermines food safety and worker safety as well as animal welfare.