Category Archives: Agriculture News

Agriculture leaders in both the House and Senate have announced an agreement to fix crop insurance cuts in the Bipartisan Budget Act later this year as part of the 2016 Spending Bill. Senator Ag Commi...

While the World Health Organization has sparked responses from the meat sector, the hot dog industry is fighting back against another report. This time around, a report by Clear Labs claims human DNA ...

More than 60,000 FFA members and guests from throughout the United States are expected at the 2015 National FFA Convention and Expo that Starts Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky. The convention and ex...

Following last week's announcement that Subway would eliminate products exposed to antibiotics, the company quietly made a change to its animal welfare policy online. The change clarifies that antibio...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy EPA says "frankly, never had a better relationship" with state governments and departments, according to The Hill. Those comments come just ...

Syngenta AG CEO Mike Mack has stepped aside amid shareholder criticism for his refusal to engage with Monsanto over its $47 billion takeover proposal. Bloomberg reports Syngenta has named Chief Financ...

Coffee bean growers in Colombia are facing higher labor cost and harvesting delays as pickers are leaving for better-paying construction jobs, according to Bloomberg. The labor troubles are also leadi...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is reporting that raw milk produced by Organic Pastures Dairy of Fresno County with a code date of OCT 24 is the subject of a statewide recall and qua...

Syngenta warns a slowdown in Latin American and the stronger dollar will erode 2015 earnings after third-quarter sales dropped. Bloomberg reports revenue fell 12 percent in the third quarter to $2.6 b...

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and the International Food Information Council Foundation announced the global launch of "Bringing Biotechnology to Life." It’s a program that...