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The Senate has confirmed Jon Holladay as USDA’s chief financial officer and Lisa Afua Serwah Mensah as the department’s under secretary for rural development.

Climate change could make both government and private sector players in the crop insurance program more vulnerable to potential losses, a report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.

President Obama came back from his week of foreign policy meetings in Asia saying he was enthusiastic about promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement (FTA) now being negotiated

National Milk Producers Federation, EPA, Waters of the U.S., Clean Water Act, comments, Mulhern

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 29th annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.41, a 37-cent increase from last year’s average of $49.04.

A bill authorizing the go-ahead on the Keystone XL pipeline failed in the Senate Tuesday night by a single vote

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service has awarded funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for American products.

Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, the next Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, announced the appointment of key senior staff to lead the Committee in the 114th Congress.

USDA, General Motors and Ducks Unlimited are part of a project unveiled today that creates a market for carbon credits generated on working grasslands.

Agricultural organizations and business groups are pushing Congress to act on tax extender legislation before the end of the lame duck session, saying retroactive action in 2015 will be too late for many farmers, ranchers and businesses.