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New cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been found in Iowa and Wisconsin, officials said.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack presented the details of his agency0s new plan to partner with American farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to reduce carbon emissions and bolster carbon sequestration to achieve a combined 120 million metric tons of CO2 mitigation per year by 20

The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced an amended bill that would provide the first congressional authorization for the Obama administration0s Feed the Future initiative.

U.S. and Peruvian officials held a briefing at USDA headquarters in Washington today to highlight recent agreements that will boost agricultural trade between the two countries.

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Department of Agriculture to increase signup efforts in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to keep enrollment near acreage caps established in the 2014 farm bill.

he Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to fast-track new trade agreements as the panelps leaders fought off bipartisan efforts to attack foreign currency manipulation and impose restrictions on U.S. negotiators. The Trade Promotion Authority bill, approved 20-6 wi

Coming next year to a field near you: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can scout your fields for damages and expedite potential crop insurance claims.

As a Sept. 30 deadline approaches, industry representatives are unanimously calling for reauthorization of the mandatory price reporting (MPR) program they say is critical to meat producers and packers.

A bill that the House Agriculture Committee is developing to reauthorize grain inspections will include a safeguard against trade disruptions during labor disputes.

Democratic appropriators failed to slow down a Republican effort to block the Obama administration from re-defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, proposed to strip several policy provisions from the fiscal 2016 Energy and Water spending