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WASHINGTON, March 7, 2013 – Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., (R-MS), today asked stakeholders and the public to make recommendations on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Tra

The American Farm Bureau Federation (Farm Bureau), American Soybean Association (ASA), and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced their commitment to an industry-led agreement addressing regulatory responsibilities for post-patent seed technology.

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 – More than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects started in 2012 are expected

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 – More than 270 organizations, food businesses and farms today asked the federal government

Just days after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that cuts made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would not reduce federal spending as much as expected, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., introduced legislation that he said would “restore integrity

During a Farm Foundation Forum today, Former California Secretary of Agriculture, A.G. Kawamura, led a discussion about the collaboration, research and diversity needed within agriculture and forestry to “get ourselves into the 21st Century in a collective way.”

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced H.R. 935, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013 yesterday, including Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-NC, and Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 – Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation (S. 446, H.R. 943) today that aims