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Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo, who cosponsored legislation to block states from retiring the labeling of biotech foods, is considering a race for House speaker should Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan decline.

The Environmental Protection AgencyPs internal watchdog is launching an investigation into the agencyPs analysis of the climate impacts of biofuels.

Many sheep herders are going to get a raise, potentially doubling their wages in some states, under new federal standards for foreign workers. As steep as some of the increases will be, the required new wages wont be as high as the Labor Department had originally proposed thi

A top Farm Journal Foundation official told a University of Arkansas audience this week while there is a ðmoral imperativeð to reduce global hunger and poverty, there are ðmore pragmatic reasonsð for the U.S. to be involved in the effort, including national secu

Syngenta has announced a new 20 year, $200 million agreement to expand its licensing of current and future genetically modified (GM) corn traits.

In a blow to the Obama administration, a judicial panel has refused to consolidate a series of legal challenges against the new rule re-defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

The House voted 261-159 Friday to end the 1975 ban on U.S. crude oil exports, leaving the measure 29 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn a threatened presidential veto.

The Mississippi River basin ð ðAmericaðs Watershedð -- gets a ðD+ð rating on a report card that included grades on water quality, infrastructure, the economy and recreation.