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After losing ground in the presidential polls over the last month, U.S. Sen.Marco Rubio tried to reinvigorate his sagging Iowa campaign with stops at the Iowa State fair last night and again today

USAID and DuPont share a common vision that the unprecedented challenge ahead will require everyone working together inside and outside of our respective organizations in ways we are now only imagining

Ohio Gov. John Kasich touted his ability to lead and build consensus on a wide variety of issues at the Iowa State Fair soapbox

Three Republican presidential hopefuls tried to woo Iowa caucus goers and burnish their conservative credentials at the Iowa State Fair today, with mixed results

Fearing a return of the avian influenza, the Agriculture Department is moving ahead with plans to stockpile a vaccine ahead of the next outbreak. USDAPs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the release of a solicitation for proposals to supply up to 500 million doses of

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has named 19 members of his Advisory Committee on Animal Health that will serve through June 2017.

The higher nutrition standards for school meals imposed by the Obama administration retain strong public support, according to a new poll. However, a second nationwide survey found many public school nutrition directors are struggling to get their staff trained to carry out the standar

Two frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, took the obligatory taste of Iowa agriculture today during the Iowa State Fair.

The Interior Department today released a National Seed Strategy to restore wildlife landscapes, especially for land damaged by rangeland fires, as well as invasive species, severe storms and drought.

Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, is calling for mass deportation of illegal immigrants and nationwide use of the e-Verify system to check the legal status of workers. Both policies, where they to be attempted, could have far-reaching im