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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) says the FDA’s revised proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) are “a significant improvement” over the original proposals but still fall short in a number of critical areas.

The $1.1 trillion government-wide spending measure is on its way to President Obama for his signature, but the Senate still has to vote this week on a tax extenders bill that also is critical to agriculture. The spending bill includes several policy riders, including one on Clean Water Act exemptio

The House averts a government shutdown by narrowly passing a sweeping government-wide spending bill after overcoming a revolt by Democrats and conservative Republicans.

A House subcommittee on Wednesday debated the role of the Food and Drug Administration in the regulation of food containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients.

A House-passed bill extending a series of expired tax breaks is likely to be the last thing the Senate does before adjourning for the year.

USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber is set to retire from federal service, the agency announced today.

Given all of the turmoil and dysfunction in Congress, passage of the 2014 farm bill this spring was a major accomplishment, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow emphasized during her keynote speech at the Farm Journal Forum today in Washington. But she warned that the broad-based

Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee debated funding levels and position limits during a hearing on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The massive $1 trillion fiscal 2015 spending bill that congressional leaders have agreed on sets the stage for fights next year over the Clean Water Act, school nutrition, the beef checkoff and country-of-origin labeling.