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Alexis Taylor has been named Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS).

The Department of Agriculture is asking for public input on a new beef checkoff, furthering plans announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in September.

Days after Republicans claimed the majority in the Senate and strengthened their majority in the House, President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, weighed in on prospects for immigration reform.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) on Thursday filed two petitions with the National Organic Program to amend the National List of substances that can be used in organic production and processing – in one case strengthening the requirement for organic ingredients and in the other, removing a non-o

A lawyer specializing in international trade law says any further U.S. action seeking to bring country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules for meat into compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) would simply postpone an already likely outcome.

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced that the new Whole-Farm Revenue Protection insurance policy is now available for the 2015 crop year. The policy allows producers to insure between 50 to 85 percent of their whole farm revenue and makes crop insurance more affordable for producers,

U.S. beef and pork exports each topped $5 billion in value for the first nine months of 2014, after a strong showing in September, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

In a series of hard-fought battles, Republicans won control of the Senate Tuesday night by securing major re-election victories for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, while winning at least seven U.S. Senate seats that had previously been held by Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its final total for U.S. agricultural exports in Fiscal Year 2014

Republican governors held control of important swing states such as Florida, Michigan and Ohio in Tuesday’s voting, while posting upset victories in Democratic strongholds including Maryland, Massachusetts and Illinois. Republicans won two-thirds of the 36 governor races and in the New Year will be