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AHA pushes for more cuts in school meal sodium levels

Wind energy leaders tout energy savings, higher income potential

USDA BioPreferred label can boost biobased competitiveness

USDAðs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) says is joining the state of Montana in a plan to streamline protections for the greater sage-grouse ð a bird currently up for federal endangered species protections.

The Senate Finance Committee advanced a two-year extension of higher Section 179 expensing allowance and tax incentives for wind power and biofuels. The tax provisions were renewed for 2014 just before the end of last year and have now expired. The committee approved the two-year e

U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., are calling on U.S. negotiators at the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Hawaii to commit publicly that their negotiating position on catfish will not conflict with existing U

Critics of a GMO regulation bill are proposing amendments that would add restrictions or exemptions to the legislation and allow farmers to claim government compensation for some damages from herbicide drift or in some cases of contamination by genetically engineered plants.

The national debate over genetically engineered foods goes to the House floor this week with lawmakers scheduled to debate a bill that would bar states from requiring labels on foods containing GMOs

Stakeholder are voicing their opinions on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) as Senate agriculture leaders try to find a consensus on a path forward for the labeling requirements battered by an international trade dispute.

USDA says a preliminary assessment finds that a Monsanto corn product genetically engineered for increased ear biomass determined the product is unlikely to post a plant pest risk and is being considered for deregulation, or commercial approval.