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USDA s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest $10 million this year, and an additional $90 million over the next four years, in water quality improvement projects on farms and ranches within the Mississippi River Basin.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging farmers, ranchers and agribusiness owners to `personally lobby` Congress to quickly pass fast track negotiating authority for President Obama and to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.

USDA has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in a molting breeder replacement turkey flock in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, the seventh confirmation in a commercial flock in the state.

The Western Governors0 Association released a report today highlighting the voluntary efforts in 11 states to conserve the habitat of sage-grouse as part of an effort to avoid a federal listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Though severe congestion in West Coast ports is still slowing exports, data released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) shows February exports of U.S. beef, pork and lamb up some from totals posted in January

EPA says it is unlikely to approve new uses for neonicotinoid pesticides until it completes assessments of the productsÀ effects on honey bees and other pollinators. In a letter to registrants of the pesticides, the agency said it is also awaiting the submission of new bee data.

At Hill Air Force Base in Utah today, President Barack Obama is announcing several efforts to drive growth in the solar industry while supporting AmericaÀs veterans.

Global food prices continued their downward path last month, dropping 1.5 percent from February figures according to data from the United Nations.