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The next meeting of the Global LLP Initiative (GLI) will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from May 4-7. The 15 participating countries have been discussing how to develop approaches for the global management of low level presence (LLP) since 2012.

Lawmakers finalized a bipartisan three-year fast-track bill Thursday to smooth the way for negotiating and ratifying trade agreements with the Pacific Rim and European Union.

Brushing aside a veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 240-179 to repeal the federal estate tax.

For the second year in a row, Iowa soybean farmers expect to see a decline in financial returns and will cut back expenses according to the Agri-Pulse Farm Opinion Poll. The poll was conducted this month in partnership with the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA).

C.S. Prakash, director of the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University in Alabama, will receive the 2015 Borlaug CAST Communication Award from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Oct. 4 in a World Food Prize ceremony in Iowa&

Thirty public and private leaders from around the world are endorsing a report that calls on the U.S. government to provide leadership on global malnutrition and food insecurity issues by committing to a long-term, globally minded agricultural development and food systems strategy&

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee announced that they were on the verge of an agreement on Trade Promotion Authority legislation that could be released later Thursday. The committee planned to meet Thursday afternoon to review it and then vote on the legislation next Thursday.

The head of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) told a sold-out conference Wednesday morning that the results of a recent annual survey show Ðorganic has turned a corner.Ð

A fast-track trade deal was held up Wednesday as key lawmakers negotiated the terms of a separate package of trade adjustment programs sought by Democrats. The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden of Oregon, has insisted that a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA

A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a Bush administration EPA decision that exempts large animal feeding operations from requirements that they file reports on airborne emissions of hazardous substances.