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The Biden administration's effort to help farmers make money from cutting their greenhouse gas emissions is drawing interest from fruit and vegetable growers.

Democrats are hoping the choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will gain them support in rural areas and in the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, but his spot on the ticket may owe as much to his progressive stances on issues such as climate change and school meals.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating rising grocery costs since the COVID-19 pandemic.

We now have a clearer idea of the budget challenge faced by the House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill. And it’s a steep one.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is challenging Republican colleagues to vote for a House-passed tax bill that includes an expansion of the child tax credit and improvements in expensing provisions that are popular with farmers.

Gaps in the Food and Drug Administration’s authority and a lack of risk management planning slowed the federal government and industry’s ability to bounce back from the 2022 infant formula shortage, according to a recent report by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine.

Hormel Foods, a 132-year-old Fortune 500 company, realized that the share of hungry people in its home county hadn’t budged in a decade despite community food programs. So it decided to do something.

The average dairy herd has grown by about 150% over the past two decades, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service that also confirms the growing significance of Texas and Idaho in dairy production.

USDA is adding some enhancements to buy-up crop insurance even as the farm bill remains stalled on Capitol Hill.