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The Senate overwhelmingly approved the new farm bill Tuesday, sending it to the House for a final vote.

Provisions in a House subcommittee draft bill addressing high-octane fuel and restructuring the Renewable Fuel Standard drew criticism, and some praise, from industry stakeholders Tuesday.

Many areas covered by the Obama administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule would be removed from federal oversight under a proposal released today by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers.

A compromise farm bill ready for final congressional votes melds a variety of Senate and House improvements to the major commodity programs, boosts spending on several major conservation programs while also creating a new $30 million a year program to fight animal diseases.

Some of the nation's largest farm and food groups say when it comes to a new free trade agreement with Japan, speed is of the essence.

A cadre of USDA and dairy industry officials gathered at a Northeast Washington facility Monday morning to drop off some milk and chat about food donation logistics.

British Prime Minister Theresa May today called off a Tuesday vote by the U.K. Parliament on her negotiated plan to withdraw from the European Union. Without giving a specific timeline, May said the vote was delayed because she believed her Brexit plan "would be rejected by a significant margin.”

Bob Bergland, a northern Minnesota farmer who served as President Jimmy Carter's secretary of agriculture from 1977 to 1981, died on Sunday.

Lawmakers seek to move their long-awaited farm bill this week, and the Trump administration is set to release a new “waters of the U.S.” rule that would remove ephemeral streams and many wetlands from federal jurisdiction.

Morocco will begin accepting shipments of U.S. beef this year, the Trump administration announced Thursday.