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The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is now under review, leaving the fate of some projects that were nearing construction in limbo. 

Lawyers for a group of businesses challenging the president's reciprocal tariffs at the Court of International Trade argued on Tuesday that the administration’s tariff pause undermines its economic emergency declaration.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved three natural food colors as part of its effort to phase out synthetic dyes from the domestic food supply. 

In a push to make more conservation practices improving water quality and soil health available to landowners, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., reintroduced legislation to modernize the approval process of conservation technologies. 

The Animal Health Institute hired Martha Scott Poindexter as chief executive officer. Chris Neubert left the Senate Agriculture Committee Democratic staff. Kelsey Freeman Saelens was promoted to senior vice president and head of global government relations at Cargill. 

Susan Skiles Luke is launching her own consulting firm, Farm Bridge Communications. Erin Morris has been appointed to lead the Agricultural Marketing Service after Bruce Summers retires. The North Dakota Grain Growers Association hired Nick Sinner as executive director. 

A panel of conservation leaders told lawmakers Tuesday that as the Natural Resources Conservation Service sees cutbacks in staffing under the Trump Administration, partnerships would be key to ensuring farmers have access to technical assistance

After weeks of discussion, the House Agriculture Committee is finally ready today to take up its piece of the GOP’s “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill.

Erin Morris has been appointed to lead the Agricultural Marketing Service after Bruce Summers retires this month.

The cost of eating at home fell 0.4% in April, seasonally adjusted, on broad price declines throughout the grocery store and an especially sharp drop in egg prices.

House Republicans are proposing to cut $290 billion from nutrition assistance spending over the next 10 years and use some of the savings to increase spending on commodity programs, crop insurance and other farm bill programs.