Articles by Whitney Forman-Cook

The U.S. oil and gas industry will continue to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions while increasing domestic production in 2016 so long as the federal government doesnÀt pile on any additional market regulations, said Jack Gerard, the American Petroleum Institute president and

Short supply à the biggest issue facing the organic agriculture sector in 2015 à will undoubtedly hinder growth in the sector through 2016. But the CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), Laura Batcha, says her group has a three-part plan that will help increa

South Africa has made no apparent progress toward removing its trade bans on U.S. poultry, pork and beef imports, despite an ultimatum to repeal them months ago from President Barack Obama and years of pressure from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Additional organic farmers and handlers will be exempt from paying into commodity checkoff programs, under a rule being finalized by USDA s Agricultural Marketing Service.

U.S. exports of organic products grew nearly 60 percent as a result of trade equivalency agreements in the last four years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Organic Trade Association.

Sally Jewell, head of the Department of the Interior (DOI), announced Tuesday that her team will create a Natural Resources Investment Center aimed at providing conservation resources and information to private, academic, federal, state, and other partners to help s

USDAPs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that as of Jan. 1, it will require developers of genetically engineered wheat varieties to apply for permits before conducting field trials.

Key farm and industry stakeholders applauded the HousePs Thursday passage of a bill to reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board (STB) P the federal railroad regulatory agency.

USDAPs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) said Thursday it will make $40 million in conservation funding available to farmers and ranchers operating within the greater sage grousePs 11-state range in the western U.S.

Since the 1980s, water quality trading (WQT) has been a concept that many farmers, businesses and municipalities have embraced as a voluntary way to reduce nutrient pollution, and in some cases, generate additional revenue. But a recent report by the environmental advoc