Articles by Spencer Chase

As expected, a World Health Organization body on cancer research has labeled red and processed meat consumption as potentially leading to colorectal, pancreatic, and prostate cancers.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a multiyear bill to fund the federal highway system, but enacting the long-term legislation before next weekðs deadline is unlikely.

Earlier this week, Subway announced it would phase out the use of antibiotics in meat served in its restaurants, and many in the agricultural industry havenðt taken kindly to the news.

The World Health Organizationðs International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reportedly will label red and processed meats as cancer-causing agents in a report to be released on Monday.

Cotton, dairy, and sugar stakeholders went before the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday, arguing that they were being harmed by domestic policies in overseas trading rivals and calling for the U.S. to challenge those policies at the World Trade Organization.

The reverberations from a deadly 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, can be heard in a new Obama administration regulatory action targeting sales of anhydrous ammonia.

The Environmental Protection AgencyPs internal watchdog is launching an investigation into the agencyPs analysis of the climate impacts of biofuels.

Syngenta has announced a new 20 year, $200 million agreement to expand its licensing of current and future genetically modified (GM) corn traits.

A court of appeals panel has issued a nationwide stay on the Environmental Protection Agency0s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, halting the rule in the 37 states that were outside of an earlier ruling.

A House Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday offered little information about the specifics of the upcoming Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but did provide new information on topics that wont be addressed in the document that will set U.S. food policy for the next five years&