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USDAPs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has made a preliminary decision not to regulate SyngentaPs line of corn genetically engineered for both insect resistance and glufosinate-ammonium resistance (MZIR098).

Pizza chains, supermarkets and other retailers would get some relief from new menu labeling requirements under a bipartisan bill that has easily passed the House. The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, which the House approved 266-144, would soften penalty provisions in th

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2016 P USDA announced Friday it will award $220 million to 84 Regional Conservation Partnership Projects (RCPPs) this year to help communities improve water quality, wildlife habitat and soil.

The Agriculture DepartmentPs inspector general is opening a broad investigation into complaints that agency officials have silenced USDA researchers on issues such as pesticides.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba by urging the group€s members € including some of the country€s leading ag groups and companies € to keep the press

Russia says it will U.S. corn and soybeans beginning next week after the countryPs inspectors said they confirmed contaminations in some shipments January.

If one headline could summarize the challenges confronting the crop insurance industry in 2016, it might be PNo Shortage of Critics,P lamented Mary Kay Thatcher, senior director for congressional relations with the American Farm Bureau Federation, in a speech to industry le

Many in agriculture have thrown their full weight behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but some are still deciding if the pact is in the best interest of their industries.

The biotech labeling negotiations led by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack broke down over whether GMOs had to be disclosed on food labels or whether it would be enough to ensure that electronic disclosure would be adequate to serve consumers, he says.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2016 - USDA will temporarily allow Michigan to use its WIC funds to test about 3,800 WIC participants who may have been exposed to lead during the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint.