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WASHINGTON, Feb.18, 2015 ð USDA announced Thursday it will give farmers transitioning from conventional to certified organic production the option of purchasing expanded crop insurance coverage.

Last weekend, the third-strongest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma reinforced state and national concerns that the surge in oil industry horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is causing the earth to move

Key House Republicans are demanding to know how well the Food and Drug Administration is securing proprietary information it collects from food producers under new food-safety regulations. In a letter to the FDA, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fred Upton

Despite challenges that continue to plague the ethanol industry, eternal optimism abounds at the 21st National Ethanol Conference in New Orleans this week.

Corn production has become much more energy-efficient since the early 1990s, according to a new report from USDA@s Economic Research Service. @Ethanol has made the transition from an energy sink, to a moderate net energy gain in the 1990s, to a substantial net

The Energy Department (DOE) has announced partnerships with 21 companies, federal agencies and state and local governments to promote the use of DOE's Building Energy Asset Scoring Tool (the Asset Score).

EcoCAR 3, a collegiate automotive engineering competition focused on making vehicles more sustainable while providing students with critical real-world experience to move the auto industry forward, is the latest in DOE@s Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTC) series

Demand response in the electricity market involves the targeted reduction of electricity use during times of high demand and, in response, customers receive incentives for these reductions.

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are working on a possible compromise bill that could head off state GMO labeling requirements, the first of which is set to take effect in Vermont this summer.

The prospect for another year of low commodity prices has farmers scrambling for safer revenue in the USDA@s Conservation Reserve Program, but there@s less space than ever in the land-idling program thanks to recent cuts by Congress.