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Global demand for agricultural products is skyrocketing, but for the third year in a row, the rate of global agricultural productivity growth has failed to meet its target. That@s according to a new report by the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) @Sustainability in an Unc

USDA today announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into growth-oriented, small businesses across rural America.

Global methane emissions from fossil fuel development are up to 60 percent greater than estimated by previous studies, according to a new report.

Residential customers paid on average 12.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity during the first six months of 2016, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). That0s 0.7 percent lower than the same period last year,

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Acting on climate change is actually in our best economic interest. It is the best economic strategy for the country

Animal welfare activists have moved beyond agitating for changes to sow and hen housing to taking on chicken producers, and aquaculture is in their sights next. The activists@ methods are familiar to the pork and egg industry: Publicizing practices they object to, and pressurin

By many accounts, Hurricane Matthew wasn@t as bad as initially predicted, but that doesn@t mean the storm left ag producers in the Southeast unscathed.

A new report by Informa Economics IEG warns that the American dairy industry stands to lose billions of dollars if the U.S. were to agree to EU demands that hundreds of cheese names only be used by European producers in specific geographical regions.