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USDA announced its regulatory approval of Monsanto s genetically engineered crops resistant to the dicamba herbicide.

This year, as last year, the chair of the powerful Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is championing Keystone XL pipeline legislation

More than 100 conservation projects aimed at protecting water quality, restoring critical wildlife habitat and addressing other environmental challenges will get federal matching funds under a groundbreaking program authorized by the new farm bill. The 115 projects include one aimed at pre

Freshman Rep. David Young, R-Iiowa, has been awarded a seat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that controls spending for the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA is aggressively implementing the 2014 farm bill through more than 556 events, 428 demonstrations of web-based tools and over 60,000 direct mail pieces.

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) says Chinaðs ban on U.S. poultry and egg imports is a ðclear violationð of international trade rules and will hurt American poultry and egg producers.

The Obama administration is launching a new push for expanding high-speed Internet service in rural areas and other underserved parts of the country.

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USDA is making $18 million available to assist in the education and development of the next generation of farmers.

U.S. farmers have planted about 40.5 million acres of winter wheat for harvest in 2014, down 5 percent from a year earlier, USDA said today in a report.