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The Sweetener Users Association (SUA), a trade group representing U.S. candy and food makers, says the deal announced late last week that suspends the U.S. government?s antidumping and countervailing investigations into Mexican sugar imports undermines free trade and will result in higher sugar pri

Syngenta announced today that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera? trait (event MIR162) from China?s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval.

Farmers are expected to trim their plantings of corn, soybeans, cotton and wheat amid a steep drop in expected profits, USDA said today in its first projections for 2015. The forecast also indicates that corn and wheat growers will qualify for subsidies under the 2014 Farm Bill?s Price Loss Coverag

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is dropping plans to create a second beef checkoff in the wake of a congressional directive telling him not to implement a new program. Vilsack's decision is a victory for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the largest contractor for the existing program.

President Obama?s plan to ease financial restrictions on trade with Cuba could help reverse a decline in agricultural exports to the island nation, but his move is likely to face stiff opposition in Congress. The president?s plan includes easing Treasury Department regulations and also allowing sal

USDA?s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today released additional details of the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion program designed to give crop producers relief from severe weather and drought.

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa has announced it will acquire John Deere Insurance Company and John Deere Risk Protection, Inc., confirming rumors that the equipment giant was looking to exit the crop insurance business.

The White House today announced plans to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease a half-century old embargo on travel and commerce with the Communist nation, including trade in agricultural commodities and equipment

Canada has appealed parts of a ruling by a World Trade Organization panel in October concerning U.S. country-of-origin meat labeling, or COOL, a ruling many following the process thought was in favor of America?s Neighbor to the North.