Category Archives: Agriculture News

The American Farm Bureau believes EPA’s proposal to place further restrictions on air quality standards would damage agriculture and rural communities if implemented. Tightening already strict o...

A coalition of family farmers, ranchers, consumer groups and trade groups recently met with White House and U.S. Trade Representative officials to urge support for Country-of-Origin Labeling. National...

After McDonald’s announcement to stop purchasing chicken raised with shared-use antibiotics, Costco announced its efforts to eliminate the sale of chicken and meat from other animals raised with...

USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse will lead six state ag department leaders and 21 U.S. agribusiness and organization leaders on a trade mission to Southeast Asia starting next Monday. Scuse says U.S...

  Nearly 400 farm, nutrition and conservation groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union have written congressional budget letters urging Senate and House le...

This week marks another National FFA week. The celebration started in 1948 and each year, runs Saturday to Saturday. More than a half-million students in all 50 states will share the importance of agr...

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s first hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Chairman Pat Roberts says it’s been one year since the passage of the farm bill and the committee has a responsib...

Growth Energy, an organization that supports the ethanol industry, has filed comments outlining its opposition to the proposed amendments by California’s Air Resources Board to the California Lo...

Congress is one step closer to securing Section 179 small business expensing permanently with the passage of America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015. American Farm Bureau President Bob S...

The American Meat Institute, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and six other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in ...