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Lawmakers are joining farm groups in urging President Obama to push Chinese President Xi Jinping next week to accelerate approvals of genetically engineered food.

American agricultural exporters can start opening offices and storage facilities in Cuba, under a series of steps finalized by the Obama administration to ease restrictions on business and travel. The businesses also will be authorized to hire Cuban nationals and maintain bank accounts in

Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are asking USDA for more information regarding the departmentÀs efforts to prepare for a possible return this fall of the bird flu outbreak that decimated Midwest chicken and turkey farms earlier this year.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will assess the status of 23 wildlife and plant species to determine whether they warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will assess the status of four wildlife species to determine whether they warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, who has played a role in both agriculture and banking policy, announced that he wonÀt seek re-election for an eighth term in his west Texas district.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2015 - Senate Republican critics of the Obama administrationÀs Clean Water Act rule, initiated another long-shot attempt to strike it down, this time through a disapproval resolution that would have to be enacted over a presidential veto.

The Department of Commerce today affirmed its earlier ruling that Mexico has been unfairly subsidizing its sugar producers and dumping surplus sweetener into the U.S. market at less than fair value.

Increased funding that the Food and Drug Administration officials say is critical to implementing sweeping new food-safety regulations will be at stake in this fall°s budget negotiations. A key Senate budget writer assured FDA officials on Wednesday that he will make it a priority to

Conservation organizations and some farm groups are urging congressional budget writers are being urged to restore cuts made in the fiscal 2016 spending bills and to reject a delay in new conservation compliance requirements for crop insurance.