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The decline in population in America’s rural areas, notably the Great Plains, appears to be accelerating, according to a report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

USDAPs Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) is using a new process to speed up product reviews for biotech traits and recently presented a timeline for expected decisions to several farm and industry groups.

In the past six months, major publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Oregonian and Scientific American have published editorials supporting genetically modified crops and opposing mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms (G

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) had some good news to announce at its annual policy conference in Washington. The sector had $35 billion in sales in 2013, up 12 percent from the previous year. But there were alarm bells as well: Organic food manufacturers need organic supplies to make their pro

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2014 - Got dairy cows? If so, the state of Missouri would like to invite you and your cows to relocate.

Heading into its second decade, the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative (VBI) is enhancing its efforts to reach out to small farm operations, launching a communications campaign that its leaders say will expand the development of a viable biomass-to-biofuels industry in Vermont that uses local resources t

The U.S. hog and pig inventory totaled 65.4 million as of Sept. 1, down 2 percent from a year earlier but up 6 percent from three months earlier, USDA said today in a quarterly report.

A bipartisan group of 27 Texas legislators is requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the site-visit review process that resulted in a USDA plan to allow the importation of fresh beef from areas known to harbor food-and-mouth disease (FMD).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new peanut revenue policy available to eligible peanut producers.

After a 16-month investigation, USDA says it’s been unable to determine how unapproved genetically-engineered wheat made its way into a farm field in Oregon last year.