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The Federal Communications Commission must establish a vetting process for entities applying for rural broadband deployment funding under a bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on Monday.

The public needs to have access to patented “biological material” in order to ensure innovation and competition in the seed industry, the Justice Department says in a statement of interest filed in a case pitting Corteva Agriscience against Inari Agriculture.

The Fertilizer Institute will back calls for greater industry transparency at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on skyrocketing costs of crop nutrients needed to grow the world's food and livestock feed. 

President Donald Trump is set sign a pair of executive orders Monday to expand beef imports and grow the domestic cattle herd, according to a White House official. Officials have briefed industry on the measure, which is set to suspend certain beef import quotas that allow a set volume of beef to enter the U.S. at a reduced tariff rate. 

With fertilizer prices stubbornly high, the Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a hearing to focus on supply and affordability of commercial crop nutrients.

After a severe downturn, the biomass-based diesel industry is buzzing with optimism amid recent policy shifts. A biofuels conference in Chicago this week marks a reversal from last year's gloomy sentiments.

Rail giants Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are once again seeking Surface Transportation Board approval to merge into the nation’s first coast-to-coast railroad company, submitting a more than 7,000-page proposal that seeks to assuage past agency concerns about the completeness of their plan.

Ducks Unlimited is partnering with Regenified to verify regenerative agriculture practices on farms and ranches across North America.

The Environmental Protection Agency has released its draft strategy for determining how growers can minimize harm to endangered species through use of fungicides.