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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is working to secure a historic increase in conservation spending as part of a climate and infrastructure package, creating a rift with the panel’s top Republican, who says she is prematurely trying to reshape farm bill programs without GOP input.

USDA is rolling out its debt relief program for socially disadvantaged farmers, sending out offer letters to producers eligible for direct loan relief, even as it grapples with how to pay off guaranteed loans in the face of concerns from banks worried about loss of income.

Conventional corn ethanol and other biofuels could qualify for a new clean fuel production tax credit being advanced by Senate Democrats, but the products will have to meet increasingly tougher standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.

The U.S. sold about $20 million worth of peanuts to Japanese importers last year, but the American Peanut Council expects that American farmers will be able to sell a lot more in the coming years now that they have a tariff advantage over the Chinese.

The U.S. doesn’t just want to employ modern farming technology and practices to combat climate change. It wants to work with governments and the private sector around the globe to collaborate on research through a new platform to improve the way farmers and ranchers produce food and fiber while reducing carbon emissions and preserving the environment.

A new report on grocery shopping trends by FMI — The Food Industry Association, in partnership with The Hartman Group, identified how the pandemic influenced how consumers buy food and learned to enjoy eating at home once again.

A partnership between ADM, a global leader in human and animal nutrition and agricultural processing, and Japan's Spiber, could create plant-based polymers for everything from clothing to car seats.

The nation’s pork producers are asking the Department of Agriculture to appeal a ruling preventing a new regulatory regime for pork processing plants from going into effect nationwide.

U.S. organic sales topped $60 billion for the first time in 2020 and more than doubled the sales growth rate the industry experienced in 2019, the Organic Trade Association said in a report released Tuesday.

A coalition of agriculture and forestry groups is defending the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).