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Thereps some good news and bad news in the latest report on foodborne illnesses from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has long emphasized providing assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers and once suggested a goal of adding 100,000 new farmers by 2012.

Wind energy already provides nearly 5% of the nationps total electricity generation, but there is tremendous potential to expand production across all 50 states by embracing taller wind turbines, larger rotors, and other technical innovations.

Just two days after the World Trade Organization (WTO) upheld an earlier decision that a U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rule is not compliant with international trade obligations, House lawmakers officially began the procedural steps necessary to repeal

Senate Republican leaders have been working to get the fast-track trade bill to the finish line this week

Farm groups and agribusiness companies are urging the Senate to reject a proposed amendment to the fast-track trade bill aimed at stopping countries from manipulating their currency. A letter sent to senators said the amendment proposed by Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Debb

USDA has provided its first verification process for non-GMO products to SunOpta, a company that specializes in organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods.

An energy economist from Purdue University, Wally Tyner, says that even though gasoline prices inched up recently, this summer they should be 'considerably lower' than last year.

The Food and Drug Administration s requirement that restaurants start posting calorie counts later this year is raising concerns across the political spectrum. Some 32 senators, including the chairman and ranking Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee&&

The White House today released its National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators, calling for the restoration or enhancement of 7 million acres of land for pollinators over the next five years through federal actions and public/private partnerships.