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Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., introduced legislation Tuesday that would eliminate direct payments to farmers and use the savings to pay for federal crop insurance

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers today in introducing legislation to eliminate the conventional biofuels mandate of the Renewable Fuels Act (RFS) and cap the amount of ethanol that can be blended into the fuel supply.

Researchers at the DOE's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory say they have re-engineered plant cell walls

As members of Congress prepare to write a new farm bill, members of the crop insurance industry are launching an aggressive campaign

Spring has finally sprung in the nation’s capital and lawmakers are making their return from a two-week recess.

Immigration” appears to be the issue of the week, and as Congress prepares to present its reform plans to the public, even Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is getting into the act.

USDA appears to be readying itself to implement the Flexible Feedstocks Program (FFP) to sell surplus domestic sugar supplies to ethanol producers.

If your farm began operations after August 16, 2002 you must prepare and implement an SPCC plan which meets all of the SPCC requirements no later than May 10, 2013

The American Farm Bureau Federation is sending a new farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill today