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Like the Senate bill, the House committee legislation would consolidate conservation programs and retain export market development and food-aid programs....More

Biotech crops have suppressed some pests for longer than a decade, while others adapted in a few years....More

The U.S. wheat supply suffers from a lack of biotechnology. Many farmers are switching away from wheat because it’s a less predictable crop than corn and soybeans, which have been improved so much by genetic modification....More

ESA Megasuit plaintiffs are filing an amended complaint detailing specific registration actions on 50 pesticide groups and encompassing 78 chemicals....More

Family farms brave exceptional risks unique to agriculture - from floods, to droughts, to late freezes to unexpected drops in commodity prices as crops come to harvest: hardly a recipe for riches....More

Cuba will continue to see its need for imported foods grow, which provides an opportunity for U.S. agricultural producers....More

The ongoing operation of the Klamath Project is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of federally listed species or their critical habitat....More

The Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program deadline is June 7....More

The "graying tsunami" in rural America means that more farmers are being forced to decide what happens to their farm once they retire....More

USDA announced an extension of the deadline for farmers and ranchers to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) until June 14....More