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President Obama delivered an expected veto of a congressional resolution that would kill the administration@s @waters of the United States@ rule redefining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

The Senate Agriculture Committee begins moving long-awaited legislation this week

he U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of the Obama administration@s efforts to allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack applauded a Senate agreement on child nutrition programs, saying the bipartisan deal would @maintain our commitment to science-based nutrition standards. The bill, which would reauthorize nutrition programs for five years, would ease ru

The outlook for antibiotics resistance in animals and humans and the roles agriculture and the livestock feed industry will play in the related challenges and advances will get a thorough look in Washington, D.C., this week at a forum of experts early Wednesday and in broader summi

A bipartisan Senate agreement to reauthorize child nutrition programs for five years is winning praise from health advocates despite easing standards for whole grains and sodium. The draft bill, which the Senate Agriculture Committee released on Monday, would lower the whole

President Barack Obama has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead a coordinated, interagency effort to curb heroin and opioid abuse in rural America.

A bipartisan Senate agreement on school meal standards would lower the whole grain requirement and delay for two years additional reductions in sodium limits. Another change in a child nutrition reauthorization bill that the Senate Agriculture Committee will consider next week also could resul

new strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) that caused the depopulation of more than 48 million birds last year has been detected in Indiana. The new strain à H7N8 à was detected in a Dubois County, Ind., commercial turkey flock. Departm

Congressional Republicans have set the stage for President Obama to issue an election-year veto to preserve his administration s Clean Water Act rule that is widely unpopular with farm groups. In a largely symbolic gesture, the House on Wednesday gave final congressional approval