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With President Obama’s executive order to halt the deportation of young, illegal immigrants announced late last week, U.S. agriculture is wrestling its possible impact on the labor force.

Cotton provisions as determined by Congress in a new farm bill could trigger retaliation by Brazil over a trade dispute.

The House Committee on Appropriations voted to include measures banning USDA horse slaughter inspection, including fresh potatoes in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program, and suspending farm program benefits to farmers earning more than $250,000 annually in the Fiscal Year 2013

Renewable energy advocates saw the Senate turn away several amendments to the 2012 farm bill under consideration this week that targeted biofuel development.

Agricultural businesses, including farmers and ranchers, face major uncertainty over whether or not the 2012 Farm Bill will find its way to the President’s desk and win approval before the current bill expires Sept. 30. But there are other, and some say bigger, threats to farm prosperity looming on

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack emphasized land-grant institutions’ contribution to the success of American agriculture and said that land-grant partnerships with USDA and the private sector “have the capability to add new dimension to American economy” in the bio-based field.

A GMO labeling bill overwhelmingly passed through Maine’s House of Representatives yesterday, signaling a possible sea change in the labeling laws of Northeastern states.

The pitched battle over foreign aid reform landed at the door of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today, where questions of American diplomacy took center stage.

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) announced Tuesday that it is opening its membership to include qualified renewable diesel producers in a move that will unite the advanced biofuels industry in the diesel sector.

t USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report has some dismal news for corn producers and consumers alike