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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has named USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Al Almanza as a deputy undersecretary for food safety.

The United States and European Union opened talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) nearly a year ago, deeply conflicted over their respective approaches to food safety, agricultural biotechnology and the names of certain foods.

First lady Michelle Obama isn’t mincing words with House Appropriations Committee Republicans, calling their attempt to roll back changes to school lunch policy “unacceptable.”

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is criticizing President Obama for his designation last week of almost a half-million acres of wilderness in southern New Mexico as the nation’s newest national monument.

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2014 - It’s not a new story, and not a surprising one: The world is running out of water, and agriculture may be partly responsible. But for Herbert Oberhaensli, chief economist at Nestlé, that vague pronouncement is dire, and he has the numbers to back up his concern.

A report released last week by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs said climate change “will produce higher temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and more frequent natural disasters that, if unaddressed, will reduce the growth in global food production by an estimated 2 percent per decade f

An ongoing conflict over the Pentagon’s efforts to promote the development and acquisition of biofuels is resuming on Capitol Hill.

The 2014 Farm Bill earmarked $200 million to launch a non-government, non-profit Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). The goal is to support public-private collaboration in agricultural research and to attract matching money from the private sector in order to “identify unmet and em

Japan is planning to buy an extra 7,000 metric tons of butter for commercial use this year, over and above its commitments under international trade treaties, to stabilize prices amid a domestic shortage of the dairy product, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) said.

Thursday is National Teach Ag Day and the agricultural community will celebrate by encouraging students to enter the profession, which is facing a critical shortage while dealing with important issues such as sustainable food production, the state of the environment, and improving public health.