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WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Agricultural interests in drought-stricken Texas cheered a state court ruling on groundwater rights and hoped a state agency wouldn’t cut off irrigation water to farmers in three counties that produce 5% of the U.S. rice crop.

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Americans may be eating less meat these days, but not because they’re avoiding it for health reasons or because the economy is pinching. It’s because farmers are producing less

A new National Research Council report requested by Congress about the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas, concludes that an updated risk assessment of the facility makes significant improvements, but does not “adequately include overall risks.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today gave the final approval to move forward with the sale of E15 ethanol blends. In response to the approval, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said “the last significant federal hurdle has been cleared to allow consumers to buy fuel containing up t

A dozen members of the House delivered a bipartisan letter to the House Agricultural Committee asking for reauthorization of key energy title programs as the committee prepares to take up the Farm Bill.

The Obama Administration announced today it would suspend the deportation of young people brought to the United States illegally.

A recent decision regarding efforts to impose numeric nutrient criteria in the state of Florida has both environmentalists and agriculturists claiming partial victory.

In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), 20 agricultural stakeholder groups expressed their opposition to an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would make federal research, promotion and marketing programs, “checkoff

The Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports strongly opposes the amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to the “Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012”