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ELK POINT, S.D., June 5, 2017 – The defamation lawsuit brought by a South Dakota meat processor against ABC News began Monday. Beef Products Inc. is suing ABC News and reporter Jim Avila for $1.9 billion, claiming the show caused the company to lose money after news reports in 2012 referred to their product as “pink slime.”

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2017 - Women involved in the agriculture sector from across the country descended on the nation’s capital this week for the American Agri-Women’s annual Legislative Fly-In.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2017 - With Congress returning from a week-long recess, lawmakers this week will push back on President Trump’s proposals to gut international food aid programs.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2017 - Agricultural shippers and other waterway users are struggling to talk the Trump administration out of relying on new tolls and user fees to pay for lock-and-dam reconstruction projects.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he's anxious to move quickly on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, stressing that his goal is to “do no harm” to exports of U.S. farm commodities and other goods to Mexico and Canada.

In the coming decades, a rapidly expanding world population will increasingly strain the global food system.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, convince the public that biotech crops are safe...