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Agri-Pulse Audio Web Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts said he plans a bipartisan overhaul of federal nutrition requirements so that poor or rural school districts as well as wealthy, urban ones can meet the meal standards.

McDonaldðs, the worldðs largest fast food chain, today announced that it will only source chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine in all of their 14,000 U.S. restaurants within two years.

Rural communities will need $140 billion in drinking water and wastewater system upgrades in the coming decades, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would force employers to use the E-Verify system to ensure their workers can legally work in the Untied States, a requirement that farmers fear could snag their workers.

Bolthouse Farms is challenging America to shift the balance of °food porn° and help create a healthier Internet

The Obama administration wonðt commit to providing Congress with recommendations for overhauling the country-of-origin labeling law for meat.

The House voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the rest of fiscal 2015, ending an attempt by conservatives to use the agencyðs spending bill to block President Obamaðs executive actions on immigration.

Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., reintroduced a bill Friday that encourages the administration to target foreign sugar subsidies. Under the ðZero-for-Zeroð plan, U.S. sugar policy would also be rolled back in exchange for the elimination of foreign progr

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

USDA is awarding $27.6 million to five demonstration projects aimed at ending childhood hunger in America.