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The U.S. EPA will finalize its controversial Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for biomass-based diesel by Nov. 30

Monsanto reported a 15.5 percent drop in net income for the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31 to $2.314 billion, citing a decline in commodity prices and restructuring charges. The seed giant also announced job cuts and forecast a drop in earnings for FY 2016, as it expect

A new coalition has been formed to support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which is facing EPA-proposed cutbacks. Jim Talent, a former Republican senator from Missouri, said Americans for Energy Security and Innovation is comprised of ethanol producers and investors

Lowering environmental impact and reducing costs for hydropower drivetrains, which transfer rotational energy from turbines to generators, is the focus of seven projects chosen to receive Energy Department grants totaling $6.5 million.

The House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to review the development of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans today amid lots of controversy that the process has veered off its statutory path. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Service

The future of Feed the Future is looking a bit murky. The Obama administration is eager to get Congress to write the $1 billion-a-year initiative into law

USDA today released a series of fact sheets designed to boost the ag communityÐs support for the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.

From Montana to Maryland, to Brazil, Bavaria and as far away as Turkey, new Ðsuper weedsÐ are threatening to rob profits from farmers and could force dramatic changes in production and harvesting systems

The nationÐs three largest organic milk processors, through the Organic Trade Association (OTA), are asking USDAÐs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for a hearing to reduce the payments they make into market-wide pools under federal milk marketing orders &#