Daniel Enoch

The Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project in the Sierra National Forest in California is the big winner among the 10 new projects earmarked for funding in 2017 under USDAps Joint Chiefsp Landscape Restoration Partnership.

California, the nationðs biggest agricultural state, is also tops ð by a long shot ð when it comes to farmers selling their products through direct marketing practices.

Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen will take a seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee when the 115th Congress convenes in January.

The FDA is amending a regulation to allow more fruits and vegetables to carry a health claim that they reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

USDA`s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) wants food manufacturers and retailers to use a `Best if Used by` date label on their products instead of frequently used phrases such as `Sell-by` and `Use-by` as a way of reducing food waste.

USDA is offering farmers and ranchers new opportunities to participate in the Conservation Reserve Program, including new techniques to protect water quality and adding 1.1 million acres to a number of key CRP practices.

USDA0s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to amend the nutrition labeling regulations for meat and poultry products to parallel the FDA0s final nutrition regs, which were published in May.

There°s some good news for wheat farmers around the globe. A research team led by Kansas State University scientists says they have isolated and cloned a gene that provides resistance to Fusarium head blight, or wheat scab, a crippling disease that caused $7.6 billion in l

Federal officials and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper last week tried to put an end to a longstanding dispute by announcing the cancellation of 25 oil and gas leases in ColoradoPs White River National Forest. But the company holding many of the leases promises to challenge the decisio

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) on Wednesday announced the first recipients of its New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Awards.