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A report released yesterday in the journal Scientific Reports found substantial probability that the eastern population of monarch butterfly could be wiped out in a quasi-extinction event in the next two decades.

The National Academy of Sciences has provisionally appointed 13 members to a committee tasked with studying the changing scientific and regulatory landscape of biotechnology.

The National Cattlemenps Beef Association officially named Kendal Frazier as the organizationps chief executive officer after serving nine months in an interim capacity.

The Kellogg Co. has joined Mars Inc. and General Mills Inc. in announcing plans to start complying with Vermontps first-in-the-nation GMO labeling requirements that take effect in July.

General Mills Inc. has become the second major food maker to announce that it will start labeling its products for biotech ingredients as required by a Vermont law set to take this summer.

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2016 - Thirty-two Senate Democrats and Independent Bernie Sanders are calling for "full and mandatory funding for farm bill conservation programs."

A House Appropriations subcommittee hearing turned into a sparring match Thursday over the Obama administration@s proposal to cut spending on foreign food aid and transition some of the physical food donations into cash assistance.

USDA@s Food Safety and Inspection Service is asking for comments on a proposal to eliminate what it says are @redundant trichinae control requirements for pork and pork products.@

USDA announced Friday over $272 million will be given to rural communities adjacent to national forests to help run schools, repair roads and enhance forest health.

On cue at a national conference of fellow scientists, regulators and industry experts in the animal health sector here Thursday, an Elanco Animal Health expert garnished his comments with descriptions of a new alternative anti-mastitis treatment for milk cows hours before Elanco itself