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Kevin McCarthy looks to take the House speakership when the new Congress convenes this week, but he is still struggling to win over hard liners who have been pushing for concessions that could weaken his authority. 

The Biden administration's new “waters of the U.S.” rule came under immediate criticism from farm groups and their GOP allies in Congress, who said it could expand federal jurisdiction over agricultural lands. 

A new rule defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act maintains longstanding exemptions for farming activities but also trims back an exclusion for prior converted cropland that had been in the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Tariffs on infant formula are set to be reinstated on Sunday, even though more than half of U.S. households who use infant formula continue to be affected by ongoing shortages.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the top story in global news throughout 2022, forcing American ag and food policy watchers to keep a close eye on the war’s implications for domestic agriculture interests and world food security.

The statistics for the first three quarters of 2022 show new records being set for U.S. beef exports to East Asia, according to an analysis by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

The Surface Transportation Board has finalized a rule adding two procedures for resolving small-scale rate disputes to its toolbox: a voluntary arbitration program and a new measure known as a final offer rate review.

A settlement giving EPA until 2027 to evaluate the effects of four pesticides on endangered species has been approved by a federal appeals court.