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Workers at meat and poultry plants continue to get injured and sick at higher rates than workers in manufacturing overall, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that recommended the federal government collect better data.

Witnesses told the House Agriculture Committee today that `sell-by` and `use-by` labels on food products need to be standardized to help consumers make better choices and to help reduce food waste in the richest country in the world.

The fiscal 2017 appropriations process is fully underway after some early fits and starts. The Agriculture bills, which fund USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are ready for possible floor action next month in both chambers.

A Senate measure to force the USDA to stop its inspection program for domestic and imported catfish passed a legislative hurdle Tuesday, allowing further debate and a final vote that is scheduled for today.

Farm and waterways interest groups expressed support for the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday.

Stakeholders from the organic sector are in Washington this week hoping to drive home the big impact of what some might still view as a small industry.

Wednesday@s House vote on conferencing with the Senate to reconcile their separate energy bills could lead to Congress either passing a bipartisan energy bill this year or opting instead for go-nowhere partisan messaging

When most farm groups and government officials talk about the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, cuts to foreign tariffs get most of the attention. But it`s the biotechnology section of the deal that may have a more lasting impact, according to agriculture and biotech s

Cotton growers are worried about losing another tool to fight the tarnished plant bug if EPA`s new label for sulfoxaflor is approved.