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Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) Bill Murphy will retire at the end of this year, an agency official told Agri-Pulse today.

Negotiations between the White House and the House of Representatives on finding a compromise to avert the “fiscal cliff” of sequestration and tax hikes set for the end of year are at a “stalemate,” the House Republican leader said Friday.

Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced the release of the 2013 calendar for the U.S. House of Representatives

USDA’s Economic Research Service released its second Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade in fiscal year 2013 Thursday, forecasting $145 billion in agriculture exports.

The Senate approved Senator Kay Hagan’s, D-N.C., amendment to the military authorization bill Thursday that eliminates the prohibition on biofuel refinery construction.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with the four principals of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees today, boosting optimism for passage of a five-year farm bill instead of an extension of current policy within the next month.

Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester applauded the opening of a USDA investigation into possible manipulation of the lamb market today.

The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) today released a report on the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on the chain restaurant industry, which indicated the mandate increases costs throughout the food supply chain.

Contrary to recent arguments, food monetization may an effective food aid strategy, according to a report released yesterday by the Alliance for Global Food Security.

An online nationwide survey finds that 81 percent of respondents oppose the idea that government should limit milk production