Articles by Daniel Enoch

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s collaborating with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on the next steps in a dispute with Canada and Mexico over USDA’s mandatory country-of-origin labeling rule (COOL).

Corn farmers have filed federal class-action lawsuits against Syngenta Corp. in five Midwest states alleging that they were harmed by Syngenta’s premature release of genetically-engineered MIR 162 corn seed into the U.S. market before the seed received import approval from China, a key export marke

USDA says it will guarantee a $91 million loan to help finance an advanced biofuel plant in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by six attorneys general challenging a California law requiring that eggs sold in the Golden State come from hens raised with enough space to stand up, turn around and spread their wings.

The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition (GBC) is asking the Obama administration to restore the volume cuts proposed by EPA in the Renewable Fuels Standard levels for 2014, saying the move would protect jobs and consumer choice at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) says EPA should withdraw its proposed “Waters of the U.S.” rule and resubmit the plan after conducting a review panel on how it would affect small businesses.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is repeating its plea to get four antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella listed as adulterants under federal law – allowing the government to get infected meat and poultry off supermarket shelves before they are linked to illnesses.

Brazil has agreed to drop its decade-old complaint before the World Trade Organization that the U.S. is unfairly subsidizing its cotton industry in exchange for a one-time payment of $300 million and other concessions.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has named USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Al Almanza as a deputy undersecretary for food safety.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says the U.S. should cut off bilateral talks with Japan on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and complete the trade pact with the other 10 nations involved in the negotiations.