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The Food and Drug Administration has identified one farm in California as a likely source of E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce that sickened 62 people in 16 states and the District of Columbia last fall, but can't rule out if others were involved.

A new lawsuit filed Monday by the National Wildlife Federation says the Environmental Protection Agency failed to consult with federal wildlife officials before expanding biofuel production under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Congressional negotiators are struggling to close a deal that could increase border security funding while funding USDA, FDA and other agencies important to agriculture for the rest of fiscal 2019 and provide disaster aid for farmers hit by the 2018 hurricanes.

As trade disputes eroded major markets for American soybeans, U.S. producers grew more of the crop than ever befor e,according to Department of Agriculture data released Friday.

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday he doesn’t expect to be able to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the trade war between the two countries escalates at the beginning of March.

Anne Hazlett will leave the Department of Agriculture to begin a new role with the White House.

With one plant shutting down and others in danger of doing so, the biodiesel industry is sounding the alarm an expired tax credit has moved from a lobbying issue to an imminent threat to business.

The Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging states to develop water quality trading programs to tackle nutrient pollution, which has become an increasingly visible issue in farm country.

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service confirmed a sale of 612,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans to China for the 2018-19 marketing year.