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House Agriculture Committee members used a Wednesday hearing to see if the Farm Credit System (FCS) is abiding by its mission, because members of the banking community aren@t sure if that@s the case.

While world leaders negotiate in Paris over how to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden talked with members of the Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday about how climate change threatens food security in similar ways across the globe.

Wrapping up his two days at the Paris climate summit Tuesday, President Obama expressed confidence that a meaningful global agreement will be signed when the meeting ends on Dec. 11 and that the accord will provide the market the signals needed to create a @low-carbon global econom

The Department of Energy (DOE) will sponsor several booths at the La Galerie center during the Conference of Parties 21st annual meeting (COP-21), which is also being called the international climate conference, in Paris.

The Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Israel@s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW), recently announced funding recipients from the seventh annual Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy pr

U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) energy-related emissions were up 1 percent, or 51 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2014 from the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

December is shaping up to be one of the biggest months in memory for U.S. agriculture. But there also could be plenty of disappointments as lawmakers rush to cut deals on a host of issues, ranging from critical tax benefits to biotech labeling.

In an unusual appearance before the European Parliament, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the Obama administration is committed to reducing carbon emissions and the use of antibiotics in agriculture.

The World Trade Organization is expected to announce by Monday the amount of retaliatory tariffs Mexico and Canada can impose on U.S. goods in the country-of-origin trade dispute, possibly stirring Congress into action on the issue.

There@s a ton of help coast-to-coast, and more on the way, for farmers transitioning to organic.