Category Archives: Agriculture News

Two Oregon ranchers will serve five years in federal prison under terrorism statutes for setting preventative fires on their own land. Oregon rancher Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven have already se...

USDA released a series of fact sheets that the federal agency says illustrate how the Trans-Pacific Partnership can boost the U.S. agriculture industry. Created by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Se...

President Barack Obama met with Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to start promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In the meeting , Obama said the agreement will make U.S. agriculture more competitive as the ...

Following the announcement of an agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, many agriculture organizations approved of the trade deal, despite many details yet to be made public. The full text ...

The U.S. and 11 other countries have reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Trade officials were expected to officially announce the deal Monday in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wal...

In a victory for U.S. farmers and ranchers in their ongoing fight to protect private and sensitive personal and financial records, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by animal-rig...

Meatingplace reports Capital Cultivators LLC has submitted a proposal to the Turlock in Stanislaus County to the Planning Commission to build a pork packing facility in an industrial park. The facilit...

U.S. inventories of propane have reached the highest level in 22 years, spanning the reach of data collected by the Energy Information Administration. U.S. inventories of propane and propylene reached...

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman's office will host trade ministers Wednesday and Thursday to further talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP chief negotiators will meet on Saturday to...

In a letter to President Obama Thursday, 42 Senators have asked the president to make biotech approval process a priority in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping(Zhe JIN-PING), according to t...