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Defending the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) will be the top priority for NCGA in the upcoming year. According to the largest commodity group’s voting delegates, the RFS2 and crop insurance are important issues to address and protect in 2013.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack bemoaned the potential budget cuts to each mission area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a result of the sequester that enacts today.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that he will appoint voting members from socially disadvantaged (SDA) communities to serve on county committees in county jurisdictions that lack fair SDA representation under the authority granted in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 20

ORLANDO, Fla., March 1, 2013 – President Obama is expected today to formalize the $85 billion across-the-board cuts to federal departments and agencies, including

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 – A major across-the-board cut to all federal government departments, including the Agriculture Department, is becoming increasingly likely as congressional lawmakers and the administration continue to disagree about how to end the impasse.

Several farm and conservation organizations sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees today opposing any sequester replacement package that will include cuts to mandatory farm bill conservation programs.

The key to increasing market demand for soy oil is the commercialization of high oleic soybean oil, according to United Soybean Board Vice Chair Jim Call.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 – A group of four bipartisan senators today introduced a resolution aimed at highlighting

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan visited South Dakota State University today to announce more than $75 million in grants for research, education and extension activities to address food security challenges.