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For decades, corn growers and ethanol producers have counted on the Iowa caucuses to ensure future presidents would pay attention to what they wanted in federal policy.

Jason Weller, chief of USDAÀs Natural Resources Conservation Service, sat down with Agri-Pulse in an exclusive interview recently to give his take on the living legacy of NRCS programs, and to explain why he thinks voluntary, incentive-based conservation can be just as

ThereÀs no sign that congressional Republicans are anywhere close to agreeing to end the embargo on Cuba. But Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is telling the Cuban government that it should start doing the work necessary to get U.S. approval to import Cuban products, includin

As work continues in the U.S. to rally support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 11 other countries are also considering the deal and its implications.

On Monday, the House passed an extension of highway funding through Dec. 4, which could potentially be the last short-term extension before a multiyear bill is sent to the presidentÀs desk.

Pressure by organic farmers and a host of other organic advocates is building for USDA to disallow certification of hydroponic produce as organic.

A veteran scientist for USDAÀs Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is alleging his supervisors actively impeded his work À even suspended him À for publishing research on the adverse affects of agricultural pesticides on pollinators, charges that the department flatly de

Millions of Americans approaching retirement will be affected by changes in claiming Social Security benefits that Congress included in its recent budget agreement, including many people who will want to make decisions before a crucial deadline next May 2.

That�s the word from Dick Rogers, the principal scientist with the Bayer Bee Care Center in North Carolina, who�s been studying honey bees for decades. In a blog post, Rogers says he conducts hive evaluations during late summer and early fall&#

Recently, a bipartisan majority of U.S. Senators voted to close the floodgates on Washington bureaucrats determined to sink farmers, homebuilders, and manufacturers across the nation in legal uncertainty, compliance burdens, and increased costs