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With the sobering backdrop of the Paris terrorist attacks, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill facing a long list of unfinished business this week, including a highway bill and child nutrition programs, ahead of the Thanksgiving break.

FDA on Friday rolled out the first federal food-safety standards for fresh produce and also finalized regulations for verifying that imported foods are free of pathogens -- in rules mandated by the landmark Food Modernization Act signed into law nearly five years ago.

EPA has issued a cancellation order for registered products containing sulfoxaflor, in response to a Sept. 10 decision by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that found the agency violated federal law when it approved the pesticide�s registration without additiona

The Kansas City Fed is painting a dreary picture of the farm economy in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, an area covering Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, the northern half of New Mexico and the western third of Missouri.

Dairy producers who have not yet enrolled for 2016 coverage under USDAPs Margin Protection Program have until Nov. 20 to make their annual elections.

Key lawmakers are considering renewing dozens of expired tax incentives, including the expanded Section 179 expansing allowance, for this year and extending them through 2016. Dec. 31 is fast approaching and farmers, implement dealers, biofuel producers and others in agribu

USDAPs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will launch a $4 million initiative in 2016 to create and enhance habitat for monarch butterflies on private lands across 10 states.

European Union regulators have concluded that the wide-used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to an controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization.

Major energy companies continue to invest even though the consensus forecast is that oil prices might not climb back to the $70 a barrel level needed to justify many high-cost fracking and offshore operations until 2017 or later

Vertimass recently received third-party validation for its technology that converts ethanol to hydrocarbons for blending with gasoline, diesel and jet fuels.