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Rep. Collin Peterson, the ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, today announced two additions to the panel0s minority staff for the 115th Congress: Troy Phillips will be deputy staff director and Kellie Adesina will be senior counsel.

President-elect Donald Trump today announced that he will follow through on campaign promises to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Michael Torrey, who was advising President-elect Donald Trump on setting up his administration at the Agriculture Department, has resigned from the transition team because of the five-year lobbying ban.

Agricultural trade continues to rapidly expand between the U.S. and China, but barriers are preventing tens of billions of dollars in additional exports and imports, according to a report released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Joel Leftwich, Republican staff director for the Senate Agriculture Committee,will lead President-elect Donald Trump0s transition team at the Agriculture Department. Michael Torrey, who had been the transition adviser on USDA, resigned last week because of a five-y

USDA's Alexis Taylor was nominated to lead the Oregon Department of Agriculture when the Obama appointee will finish up at the agency.

Hawaiian counties that sought to ban genetically engineered crops or impose conditions on the use of pesticides have lost in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that state and federal laws pre-empt local ordinances.

Americans have one more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving p their holiday meal will be less expensive than a year ago.

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The Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly failed to fulfill its promises to attack the problem of nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River Basin, a coalition of environmental groups said in a report released today.