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China's growing dairy sector continues to spur a surge in U.S. alfalfa hay exports, helping to push prices for the livestock feed to four years high in parts of California.

The Fair Food Network (FFN) is bringing its much-heralded Ðdouble up food bucksÐ program to a chain of supermarkets in Michigan - the first time the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) strategy will be used in a chain.

Researchers at Texas A&M University say that in addition to being another source of energy, sorghum grown to make biofuel also may offer a significant source of carbon sequestration.

Rob Aukerman, president of U.S. and Canada operations at Elanco Animal Health, says pork producers will have to boost output by about 50 percent by mid-century to provide necessary protein levels for a global population thatÐs expected to surge to 9 billion people from the

The Senate began its consideration of a °minibus° bill that includes agriculture appropriations Tuesday, though lawmakers put off discussion of ag-specific measures until at least Wednesday morning.

The USDA announced today it will grant over $30 million to states so schools can serve healthier meals and snacks to their students.

The number of farm to school programs in the U.S. increased 430 percent between 2006 and 2012, according to report released by the National Farm to School Network (NFSN).

The U.N.s Food and Agriculture Organizations global Food Price Index fell to a 55-month low in February, dropping 1 percent from January and 14 percent below its level a year earlier. Lower prices for cereals, meat and especially sugar more than offset an increase

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A group of senators introduced a bill today that would provide an exemption to agricultural service vehicles from hazardous material transportation laws for hauling diesel fuel