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The Food and Drug Administration will reopen the comment period for its Supplemental Proposed Rule for Updating the Nutrition Facts Label for a four-day period starting on Tuesday, Oct. 19.

Gas prices at the pump closely tracked the collapse of crude oil prices in the second half of 2014, but not so in 2015. Brent crude oil prices and U.S. average retail gas prices have a historical relationship that suggests that gas prices in August

USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is inviting public comment on a proposed plan to strengthen oversight of field trials for genetically engineered wheat, following two recent detections of GE wheat where the plants should not have been growing. No varieties of GE wheat h

Timothy Glenn named president, DuPont Crop Protection WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2015  Timothy Glenn has been named president of DuPonts Crop Protection business effective Oct. 1, succeeding Rik Miller, whos retiring a

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of Karla Thieman as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The position was recently vacated by Brian Baenig, who moved to the Biotechnology Industry Organization as vice president of i

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will assess the status of 23 wildlife and plant species to determine whether they warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will assess the status of four wildlife species to determine whether they warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced the first-ever national food-waste reduction goal, calling for a 50 percent reduction by 2030.

The U.S. leads the world in wind energy generation, but if the wind industry is going to reach its goal of being °vibrant and self-sustaining,° the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) must be extended, according to a white paper by the American Wi

USDA is awarding $20.5 million for 45 projects that will advance the conservation of natural resources, including increasing habitat for pollinators and helping farmers and ranchers make their operations more resilient to climate change.