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U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said today that the United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel to rule on its assertion that New Delhi’s restrictions on imports U.S. poultry meat and chicken eggs violates India’s obligations under WTO trade

The current farm program baseline tilts heavily in favor of cotton, wheat, peanuts and rice, according to a short primer on farm program budgeting prepared by a Cornell University agricultural economist

A congressional conference committee began deliberations yesterday to find a compromise between House and Senate competing surface transportation bills.

The organic trade agreement between the United States and European Union will eliminate multiple trade barriers as well as set an example for other nations, said EU Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida today during the EU Rendezvous Event: Celebrating the EU-US Organic Food Partnership at the Capitol to

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012- DuPont Executive Vice President James Borel encouraged industry leaders and students to join efforts for food security this week during his address at Johns Hopkins University.

USDA projected higher domestic corn ending stocks for 2011-12.

Beef Products Inc. announced it is permanently closing three plants, in Waterloo, Iowa; Garden City, Kans.; and Amarillo, Texas, due to consumer aversion to lean finely textured beef (LFTB), labeled “pink slime” in media reports.

The House Agriculture Committee continued its subcommittee series of 2012 Farm Bill hearings today, focusing on specialty crop programs and the largest of Farm Bill titles, the nutrition programs.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack used a conference call with National FFA and 4-H leaders on Monday to extend President Barack Obama’s student loan campaign to the agriculture sector.

The deficit debate will be back in full swing when House lawmakers return Monday after a weeklong recess