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Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., is leading a group of 40 House members, including House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., in writing a letter to EPA acting administrator Bob Perciasepe expressing concern over the agency releasing livestock producers’ private information to envir

Though yesterday’s hearing at the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry was meant to focus on the local economies surrounding the National Forest Service (NFS), “sequester” became the word of the day as lawmakers drilled U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on the cut

Senators Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a bipartisan tax bill that will extend tax breaks for those who donate conservation easements on agricultural land

A startup company that uses the enzymes of bark beetles to control the devastating effects the beetles can have on a forest was awarded the $50,000 gold prize this week as the winner in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition

Senate Appropriation Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., received a letter from several agricultural organizations opposing restrictions to regulations under the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule.

In order to minimize food safety risks and equalize the impact of sequestration, furloughs of employees in USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) will be implemented at the same time in nonconsecutive days, said Under Secretary for Food Safety Elizabeth Hagen this morning.

The American Soybean Association (ASA) unveiled Monday a revised policy position on the farm bill that includes support for updating and extending the Agriculture Department’s current Counter-Cyclical Program (CCP) while withdrawing support for the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program.

A new, faster and more precise way of measuring hunger and food insecurity across the world is soon to be field-tested by FAO in several pilot countries.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the U.S. delegation at the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture next month in Washington.

A coalition of more than 40 commodity groups, lending organizations, and other agricultural stakeholders led by the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau sent a letter today urging Congress to defend a strong farm safety net.