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Critics of ethanol are rehashing proposals to curb biofuel policy, and Republicans may force another vote on the Pwaters of the United StatesP rule as the Senate debates a com-prehensive bipartisan energy bill this week.

In the most extensive poll of how U.S. farmers and ranchers plan to vote for president, respondents overwhelmingly say theyPll support a Republican, and among those, 40 percent say they will support Donald Trump.

USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced Thursday it will offer $9 million in resources to states, local governments and third parties that establish or expand wetland mitigation banks for farmers to utilize.

During a White House summit on child hunger Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that President Barack Obamas FY2017 budget proposal would include a $12 billion allocation over ten years for a permanent summer feeding pro

Hunger in developing countries has fallen 27 percent since 2000, but still persists at alarming or serious levels in 52 countries, according to a report that argues hunger and famine are linked to armed conflict.

the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has already begun its lobbying effort in Congress to convince lawmakers to stop subsidizing biodiesel imports.

Slightly more than half of the nations dairy farms have signed up for the second year of a program that provides a financial safety net for milk producers.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has promised an open amendment process for the Senate floor debate set to begin Wednesday

National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA) officials will be keeping a watchful eye on any potential regulatory actions coming from the White House.

The Agriculture Department will dole out $63,000 in cash and prizes to the six winners of the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge. The winners, announced Wednesday, developed online mitigation tools for climate change using open source USDA agricultural production data.