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Members of the Senate Small Business Committee expressed concerns at a recent hearing that government regulators may be moving too slowly in crafting rules for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), harming agriculture and other industries that see vast potential for dr

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts offered a new plan for disclosing biotech food ingredients even as he continued negotiations on a deal that could get enough Democratic votes to pass the Senate.

The Senate looks to settle the issue of biotech labeling once and for all this week with a historic debate on legislation that would block states from requiring GMO disclosure.

he Obama administration`s $1-billion-a-year effort to improve food security in some of the poorest countries in the world has cleared a key Senate hurdle for the first time. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday approved the bipartisan Global Food Security Act

Tuesday is National Ag Day, and Agri-Pulse will help kick off the event with a panel discussion at the Capitol tomorrow on �Farm to Fork Politics: How Sustainability is Reframing Food Production and Marketing.�

Agriculture not only provides the goods we consume on a daily basis, but provides the livelihood for thousands of hard-working individuals

A Government Accountability Office report released Friday suggests that USDA hasn`t been adequately monitoring declines in native bee populations.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced Friday that they will be joining President Barack Obama on his trip to Cuba this month.