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While a combine operator harvests feed corn at Clear Meadow Farm in northern Maryland, he explains that if a problem arises with his equipment, he can make a call directly from his data monitor and grant access to the farm owner or equipment dealer who can then remotely view the combine data system

USDA is once again raising its forecast for the corn and soybean crops to even higher record levels.

In a June poll of more than 1,000 adults, ABCNEWS.com found that 57 percent of people say they?d be ?less likely to buy foods labeled as genetically modified.?

The federal Surface Transportation Board is ordering some of the nation’s largest rail carriers to report a wide array of data on train movements, a step designed to ease the rail backlog problems in the upper Midwest.

A bipartisan group of 32 senators is urging the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee to reject any efforts to weaken or suspend country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules as Congress works on end-of-the-year funding legislation.

DuPont Pioneer and Cargill say they will work with farmers near a Cargill soy processing plant in Sidney, Ohio, to grow soybeans with the DuPont Pioneer’s Plenish high oleic trait to meet growing demand for healthier soybean oil.

Congressional inaction and continued uncertainty about a package of more than 50 tax extenders could complicate the 2015 tax filing season and force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone the opening on the 2015 filing season, warned IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a recent letter to Sena

The Environmental Defense Fund is launching a new, collaborative initiative to eliminate fertilizer pollution as a major environmental concern in the U.S. EDF says it’s hoping to persuade farmers and businesses throughout the supply chain to transform the way corn and other fertilizer-dependent gra

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday laid out the Obama administration’s commitment to the newly formed Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, saying it’s time for the country and the world to get serious about the phenomenon.

USDA today released a comprehensive report synthesizing current literature that explores the opportunities in the emerging bioeconomy.