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The House Judiciary Committee voted today to amend the farm bill (H.R. 1947) to place the Dairy Market Stabilization Program and new conservation programs under the purview of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

More than 100 agricultural organizations sent letters to each senator urging them to vote for cloture on the farm bill Thursday in order to "finish the farm bill in the next few days."

House legislators introduced a bill similar to an agreement between agricultural and conservation groups included in Senate Agriculture Committee’s mark of the farm bill.

Monsanto’s chief technology officer, Robb Fraley, told reporters today that the company’s investigation indicates the presence of glysophate-tolerant wheat in Oregon is very likely the result of “accidental or purposeful mixing” of seeds.

Connecticut became the first state in the United States to pass a genetically modified organism labeling law on Monday, when the measure succeeded in the state’s House, 134-3

Weeks of heavy rains across the Corn Belt could lead many producers to turn to prevented planting assistance.

The House Appropriations Committee’s agriculture subcommittee today approved its fiscal 2014 spending bill for USDA and related agencies

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson late Tuesday sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate following Majority Leader Reid’s filing for a cloture vote on S. 954, the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013. Johnson says his organization is hoping for a speedy passage.

This year will likely be very difficult year for agribusiness logistics in Brazil, according to a report from Rabobank.