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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) officially granted shippers better access to the Board by reducing unreasonable practice complaint fees against a railroad to $350.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended its public comment period on a series of proposed new guidelines for farm vehicle safety from June 30 to Aug. 1.

Senate Democrats, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow, are answering Republican opposition to including higher taxes in a deal on government spending and the nation’s borrowing limit with a non-binding resolution calling for shared sacrifice in reducing the budget deficit.

U.S. Energy Secretary announced offer of $105 million loan to support the development of first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant.

The U.S. and Mexico signed an agreement today to resolve the cross-border long-haul trucking dispute and lift more than $2 billion in retaliatory tariffs that Mexico imposed on U.S. farm products and manufactured goods more than two years ago.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have uncovered a pathway in mice that allows white fat — a contributor to obesity and type 2 diabetes — to burn calories in a way that’s normally found in brown fat and muscle.

Opportunity International, a global non-profit microfinance organization, will receive a $2.5 million grant from the John Deere Foundation to expand access to financial services for farmers and other entrepreneurs in Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Uganda, through its “Banking on Africa” init

Facing an August 2 deadline to raise the nation’s debt ceiling without fear of default and no clear resolution on a budget cutting deal in site, House Republicans had already planned to return to Washington and work the remainder of this week

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced a field hearing will be held in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday, August 25 to discuss reauthorization of the Farm Bill.

USDA is accepting grant applications to assist small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers and cooperatives in rural areas to spur job creation.