Daniel Enoch

A bipartisan group of 30 lawmakers from the House Agriculture Committee have written the leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to express their support for the latest version of legislation that would preempt state efforts to require labeling of food products that contain genetically m

The Food and Drug Administration today finalized a determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) ? the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods ? are no longer ?generally recognized as safe? (GRAS) and gave food manufacturers three years to remove PHOs from their p

While wild birds are responsible for introducing the virus into the U.S., the epidemiology report released today suggests APAI was spreading in other ways, APHIS said

The Obama administration today announced new initiatives and investments of more than $110 million to support farmers, ranchers, agricultural workers and rural communities suffering from drought and to combat wildfires in whatPs forecast to be a busier-than-usual fire seaso

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) today ramped up its campaign against the EPA's Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, releasing a detailed analysis of its alleged shortcomings and urging farmers and ranchers to lobby Congress to kill the rule or stop its imple

USDA today reduced its estimates for turkey production for this year and 2016, citing losses in commercial flocks caused by the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Estimates of egg production were also reduced for both years.

Syngenta has rejected a second takeover bid from Monsanto, which this time includes a $2 billion breakup fee if the proposed $45 deal fails to meet regulatory muster.

U.S. and South African trade officials have agreed on a framework to provide for renewed market access for U.S. bone-in chicken into the South African market, the two countries said today in a joint release.

Canada is seeking the go-ahead from the World Trade Organization to impose $3 billion in tariffs against U.S. exports in retaliation for losses it claims to have suffered because of U.S. country-of-origin labeling requirements.

An EPA draft assessment finds that hydraulic fracturing activities in the U.S. are carried out in a way that have not resulted in `widespread systemic impacts` on drinking water resources. However, the agency said that there are `potential vulnerabilities in the water l