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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew defended the administrationps proposal to increase taxes on inherited assets, saying the impact on farms was overblown.

President Barack Obama's 2016 budget proposal includes cuts to crop insurance but the focus is on farmers

Margaret Hamburg, who has run the Food and Drug Administration since 2009, is stepping down with a number of key food safety and nutrition issues still to be resolved. But the impact of her departure on those issues is likely to be limited because Hamburg created a deputy commissioner

Dozens of agricultural and food groups sent a letter to every member of Congress today asking them to introduce and approve legislation renewing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which sets consultation and notification requirements for a president to follow throughout the negotiation p

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2015 Unless you want to join EPA in wading through 3.5 million comments on its plan to reduce coal-power-plant emissions, watch last week s three-hour Stakeholder Perspectives on EPA s Proposed Clean Power Plan webcast.

The Environmental Protection Agency s final rule to limit pollution from new wood-burning heaters calls for a two-thirds reduction in health-threatening sooty emissions.

A health and wellness startup is partnering with Coca-Cola s Minute Maid Division to distribute an innovative new milk product.

While several segments of the meat industry may already be seen on the losing side of the animal welfare perception battle, there may still be hope for beef.

A group representing agricultural employers across the country told Congress on Wednesday that broad legislation addressing the farm labor shortage is needed before implementation of a mandatory E-Verify system.