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ÀMy priority for the committee this year is to ensure that farmers and ranchers and other rural stakeholders have a voice,À Roberts told Agri-Pulse in a wide ranging interview this afternoon

Thirty-five conservation groups are urging the Senate and House budget committees to reject President ObamaÐs fiscal 2016 budget proposal to cut $800 million from farm bill conservation programs.

The European UnionÐs agriculture commissioner sought to downplay the seriousness of a dispute with the United States over the EUÐs protection of geographical indications, product names such as parmesan and feta cheese. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says talks with Japan going

Land OÐLakes, Inc. announced plans to acquire the assets of FLM+, a leading marketing communications and strategic consulting company with expertise in the agribusiness and rural community sector.

At home and abroad, the U.S. ethanol industry faces tough challenges such as: U.S. EPA still hasnÐt announced the Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2014, due November 2013, or the 2015 volumes, due last November. But industry officials insist they are

U.S. Farmers are expected to cut their planting of most major crops in response to sagging commodity prices, but growers will benefit from falling fuel prices and transportation costs, according to the Agriculture Department.

The nationÐs leading agricultural co-op, CHS, announced that it will distribute an estimated $518 million to farmers, ranchers and cooperatives

EPW Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is confident the new GOP-run Senate will succeed in reversing the Obama administration@s most burdensome and costly regulations

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack spent four hours with the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday talking about the state of the rural economy and answering members questions about a wide range of issues  ranging from the EPAs controversial Waters of the U.S. proposal to country

But in an Agri-Pulse interview just before launching the 20th annual Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) National Ethanol Conference here in Texas, RFA President & CEO Bob Dinneen insisted that the industry is fighting back aggressively Ð and successfully.