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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body announced today that it supports the United States in a trade dispute challenging Indias ban on various U.S. agricultural products, particularly poultry.

USDA`s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has opted not to allow the emergency use of certain vaccines with the potential to fight highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), citing trade and efficacy issues with available drugs.

A Texas judges order that has indefinitely delayed some of President Obamas executive actions on immigration could benefit farms and processors that rely on immigrant labor.

Negotiations continue in the Senate over a bill that would grant President Obama trade promotion authority, a key step toward closing a new Pacific Rim trade agreement.

Ask just about any farmer leader if they support science and innovation in agriculture and the answer will usually be a resounding yes. But ask them about how to commercialize new seed traits and avoid sending those products to unapproved international markets, theres lit

A House Republican bid to roll back some Dodd-Frank regulations through reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is running into a wall of Democratic opposition. The White House threatened this week to veto the bill (HR 2289), and only two Democrats

This makes hydropower the largest single source of renewable energy, with wind at 5 percent and solar still just 1 percent.

A disease thats affected more than 45 million of Americas chickens, turkeys, and wild birds appears to be slowing, leading industry and government officials to discuss steps to prevent a similar outbreak in the fall

When biotech products are rejected in international markets, who is to blame?

The U.S. Biotech Crops Alliance (USBCA) aims to find common ground on the introduction, stewardship, and distribution of commodities and processed products containing or derived from modern biotechnology.