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USDAðs Pesticide Data Program is looking for help from the agricultural industry in explaining to the public that the food supply is safe.

The ðWaters of the U.S.ð rule drafted by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers shows that the agencies are trying to exert far more power over farmers and ranchers than Congress ever intended, the Republican majority on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new USDA initiatives to counter an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that has killed thousands of Americans, with a disproportionate impact on rural communities.

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Senators look to pass a long-stalled child nutrition bill as soon as this week and also will grill top executives of seed and chemical units about the impact of a series of planned mergers on the farm economy.

National Farm Safety and Health Week, Governor, Obama, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Governor John Kasich, Louisana Governor John Bel Edwards, China trade agreements, Bayer, Dupont, FMD genetics outbreak, John Weber

The National Pork Producers Council is confident that Congress will brush away pervasive anti-trade sentiments in this election year and approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a lame duck vote before a new president takes office.

Syngenta Crop Protection has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Environmental Protection Agency said today.

The National Cattlemen`s Beef Association is looking to have a say in a lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of records that USDA gathered in an audit of the beef checkoff program.