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Some House members aren�t sold on the idea of increased agricultural trade with Cuba, saying it wouldn�t do anything to relieve human rights abuses in the communist country.

Republican presidential candidates need to get beyond the �meat cleaver� approach to immigration policy that has dominated the campaign so far, says House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway. �What I hear Donald Trump saying is that he

The Food and Drug Administration has finalized the first major food safety regulations under a sweeping federal law that�s intended to prevent illnesses linked to both domestic and foreign-produced foods. The first two rules, which were tweaked to address a

In the Obama administrationàs rush to cut carbon emissions by replacing coal power plants with natural gas plants, wind farms and solar energy, will nuclear poweràs reliability and zero-emissions benefits be discarded

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2015 à USDAàs Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced Wednesday that it would offer expanded price options and elections on organic crops in 2016, helping organic producers purchase higher crop insurance policies.

Milk producers are becoming increasingly dependent on immigrant workers, who now account for half the labor on dairy farms, a study shows. Nearly 77,000 immigrant worked on dairy farms in 2014 out of about 150,000 workers nationwide, according to a Texas A&M study for t

The mixed court rulings on the Obama administrations new Clean Water Act rule (WOTUS) should motivate more Democrats to support repealing the measure or at least blocking its implementation, says Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

Despite an improving economy, there was no meaningful improvement in household food security again last year. USDA says 14 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2014 - meaning that they had difficulty at some point during the year getting adequate nutrition. Ther

A new study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute says compliance with statutory blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard àwill result in severe economic harm.à

U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she wonàt run for North Dakota governor in 2016, dashing the hopes of some Democrats who saw her as their best hope for claiming the stateàs top office.