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The National FFA Organization and National FFA Foundation have entered into a new, strategic alliance with the Department of Agriculture and National Council for Agricultural Education to develop agriculture students’ skills, leadership qualities, personal growth and career success.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Pat Roberts, and House Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas wrote Secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday to ask USDA to deregulate genetically engineered alfalfa without restrictions.

The House Agriculture Committee delivered a clear message to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Thursday: deregulate herbicide-tolerant biotech alfalfa, without onerous restrictions.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that USDA Rural Development will fund 68 REAP study grants nationwide to determine the feasibility of renewable energy projects.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that biofuels and biomass energy projects across America have been selected for funding to continue the administration’s support for the development of renewable fuels.

USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan says global hunger and climate change make strengthening agricultural-led economic growth a priority in the U.S. and overseas.

Reacting to USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Jim Miller's resignation, FFAS employees were told Wednesday that Michael Scuse will assume the role of Acting Under Secretary of Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services

The House voted 245 to 189 Wednesday afternoon to repeal the Obama administration's health care law.

The environmental nonprofit Worldwatch Institute unveiled its “State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet” report Wednesday, billing it as “an incisive account of the global food crisis – and how it can be solved.”

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and its allied cooperatives in Dairy Marketing Services (DFS) say that the proposed settlement of antitrust claims against Dean Foods discriminates against their members and would mean lower milk prices for all farmers in the Northeast.