Articles by Steve Davies

A European Commission (EC) draft proposal could lead to a loosening of regulations long criticized by plant breeders as inhospitable to new genetic engineering techniques such as gene editing.

Farmers going through difficult times financially would have fewer options for assistance if House Republicans’ spending plan for fiscal 2024 were to become law.

Republicans are looking to stop California and other states from imposing regulations on agriculture that affect farms nationwide.

That didn’t last long. Just two weeks after Congress passed the debt ceiling agreement, the fiscal 2024 spending process is getting off to a rocky start.

The House Appropriations Committee today will take up a fiscal 2023 funding bill for USDA and FDA that was delayed during the negotiations over the debt ceiling.

EPA, farmers and Bayer are fighting in an Arizona federal court to keep the controversial herbicide dicamba on the market for over-the-top use.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says he’s afraid Russia will pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative when it expires July 18.

House Republican leaders will try again this week to satisfy a group of conservatives that effectively blocked GOP bills from getting votes last week.