Category Archives: Agriculture News

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy spoke to the National Corn Growers Association's Corn Congress this week in Washington D.C. on the agencies recent regulatory changes and proposals. More than 300 farme...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are making another push to pass legislation designed to bring more water to California’s farm belt despite criticism from the White House and congressional De...

American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman says he will not seek reelection in January 2016 following 16 years at the helm of AFBF. Stallman, a cattle and rice producer from Columbus, Texa...

The House Agriculture Committee approval of the GMO labeling standard now goes to the full House. With their action, this is the first time that a committee has taken action on the Safe and Affordable...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed detection of the citrus disease known as huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus g...

Drovers Cattle Network reports several livestock groups are calling for a stockpile of foot and mouth disease vaccines in case of an outbreak. The request comes after USDA recently announced the OK fo...

 Purdue Farms is raising more than half its chickens without any kind of antibiotics and also announced a new ad campaign on the company's progress of reducing antibiotic use in poultry. The east...

A trade deal linking 40% of the global economy remains on track for a potential agreement by the end of the month. The 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership are slated to meet late this...

While many U.S. producers work towards rebuilding cattle numbers after a prolonged drought, another drought has left Canadian producers in a similar situation. Bloomberg reports a drought has parched ...

The American Farm Bureau, along with other agriculture and industry groups asked a federal court to vacate the controversial new rule redefining the scope of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water...