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With so many challenges faced during development of what finally became the 2014 farm bill, few relish the task of working on the next one. But the topic is already being discussed in public and private conversations.

The reverberations from a deadly 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, can be heard in a new Obama administration regulatory action targeting sales of anhydrous ammonia.

Three-fourths of American voters want the federal government to incentivize sustainable farming practices, according to a food policy survey released Tuesday. And now, Food Policy Action, a group that advocates for transparency in food systems, and the Union of Concerned Sc

Many of the nations top agriculture, food and biofuel companies have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the White House tries to build a case for an international climate agreement.

The U.S. International Trade Commission today affirmed that Mexico€s sugar industry had harmed American producers by selling subsidized sugar onto the U.S. at below market prices € a practice known as €dumping.€

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that they plan to move ahead with registering all UAVs.

The House begins moving a long-term highway bill this week even as Republicans try to find a new speaker to replace John Boehner.

A long-awaited set of recommendations, originally requested as part of the 2014 farm bill, outlines how USDA should restructure to create a new Under Secretary (U/S) position focused on trade-related issues, as well as two other new U/S positions.

The Food and Drug Administration will reopen the comment period for its Supplemental Proposed Rule for Updating the Nutrition Facts Label for a four-day period starting on Tuesday, Oct. 19.

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