Philip Brasher

The fiscal 2017 appropriations process is fully underway after some early fits and starts. The Agriculture bills, which fund USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are ready for possible floor action next month in both chambers.

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President Obama will be talking up the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Vietnam and Japan this week with an eye toward keeping the pressure on Congress to approve the 12-nation trade pact.

The Senates agriculture spending bill advanced Thursday could provide supplemental payments to farmers who believe they have been short-changed by the Agriculture Risk Coverage program that was created by the 2014 farm bill.

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House Republicans advanced a bill aimed at overhauling some of the Obama administration�s child nutrition standards

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The Senate is moving a fiscal 2017 spending bill that would boost funding for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act by more than the White House requested. The measure, which was approved by the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Tuesday, also would provide $1.

A landmark study of genetically engineered crops provides some timely assurance to the public about the crops� safety. But the report released Tuesday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also cast doubt on some of the loftiest claims and predi

In a sweeping new study of agricultural biotechnology, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine affirmed the safety of genetically engineered crops that are now on the market, rejecting claims that have linked GMOs to cancer and other maladies.