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In rural America, poverty, hunger and unemployment rates are down and population declines have stopped, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said today, attributing much of the improvement to the efforts of the White House Rural Council.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2016 - EPA has finalized the membership of the panel that will examine the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate.

CHS Inc., a fuel, grain and food cooperative based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, remains the largest cooperative in the United States, according to a new USDA report on the nation's top 100 coops.

The Agriculture Department on Tuesday distributed more than $7 billion in payments to farmers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2015 crop year.

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Net farm income is likely to be flat next year despite an increase in government payments but should improve somewhat in the following two years, according to a new analysis.

USDAs Food Safety Inspection Service has issued guidance to make sure that the Grass Fed label on beef means what it says  that Grass Fed or 100% Grass Fed claims may only be applied to meat labels derived from cattle that were only fed grass aft

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