Philip Brasher

The Senate version of the fiscal 2016 spending bill for USDA and FDA seeks to ensure that the Obama administration wonPt use environmental factors in writing the new dietary guidelines.

Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, says hePs reviewing the program to gather ideas for possible reforms. But donPt look for proposals from the committee until it gets ready to write the next farm bill.

The House Agriculture Committee is raising questions about whether the Obama administration is prepared to carry out a key part of its strategy to reform the Food for Peace program by shifting more aid from U.S.-grown commodities to cash assistance.

The House Agriculture Committee swiftly approved a bill that would bar states from requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods. The Safe and Affordable Food Labeling Act (HR 1599), which was approved on a voice vote in a brief, 15-minute meeting, could be on

A bill set for approval in a House committee Wednesday has been changed to ensure that milk could only be labeled as non-GMO if the cows are fed non-biotech grain. The latest draft of the bill that the House Agriculture Committee will consider also would require the Food and Drug Admin

A long-anticipated congressional debate over biotech foods kicks off this week as the House Agriculture Committee takes up a bill that would block state GMO labeling laws.

A dispute over the Confederate flag brought a halt to House debate on a funding bill thats important to Republican efforts to curb a host of environmental regulations. House GOP leaders pulled the fiscal 2016 Interior-Environment spending bill from the floor on Thursday rather than ha

The Agriculture Department is trying to track down as many as 10,000 farmers who haven`t reported compliance with conservation restrictions. Officials say the actual number of non-compliant farmers is likely much smaller.

A bill that would block states from requiring the labeling of foods with biotech ingredients will get its first vote next week in a congressional committee. The House Agriculture Committee announced Friday that the panel would vote on the Safe and Affordable Labeling Act (HR 1599) on T

House appropriators have agreed to block imports of fresh beef from regions of Brazil and Argentina until the Agriculture Department does further study on the potential risk. The House Appropriations Committee, acting on its fiscal 2016 spending bill for the USDA and Food and Drug Adminis