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USDA said itPs now accepting applications for funding under a program that supports the production of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased product manufacturing.

Four state Farm Bureau presidents have announced their candidacy for president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation's most powerful farm lobby.

Former U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said he thinks chances are PslimP that the U.S. and 11 other nations trying to forge the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will reach agreement during the upcoming negotiations in Hawaii in late July.

Up against a looming July 31 deadline, the House approved a bill that would avoid halting construction projects across the country and give Congress another five months to develop a long-term funding extension.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells Agri-Pulse hePs confident that key drivers of renewable energy P the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) P will survive the perennial repeal attempts launched by opponents like Sen. Pa

The Agriculture Department announced Wednesday that farmers and ranchers interested in enrolling their working grasslands in the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) may submit their applications starting Sept. 1.

A bill to block states from requiring labeling for genetically engineered foods could be on the House floor as soon as next week

corn and soybean growers from across the country will use their planned summer legislative conferences in Washington to push for support of Rep. Mike PompeoPs Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 (H.R. 1599).

The Senate version of the fiscal 2016 spending bill for USDA and FDA seeks to ensure that the Obama administration wonPt use environmental factors in writing the new dietary guidelines.

In addition to biosecurity and depopulation protocols, senators are focusing on the key issues of compensation and risk management for affected growers.