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Despite the current wave of media fascination with the activists who denigrate modern agricultural production, Elanco CEO Jeff Simmons is optimistic about how technology can meet the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050. He believes that now is “a window of time” for policy to catch up wit

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is criticizing the USDA for failing to release a critical audit on Brazil’s meat inspection system before the comment period closed on a department proposal to allow the importation of fresh and frozen beef from 14 Brazilian states.

Congress appears to be closing in on passage of legislation aimed at improving the nation’s waterways system, according to lawmakers and stakeholders.

A conflict brewing since last September spilled over Tuesday at the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) semiannual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, where USDA officials heard strident complaints over a change by USDA in the way synthetic materials are approved for use in organic foods.

A new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and written by a group of scientists, economists and legal experts shows that estimating the costs of mandatory labeling of genetically engineered (GE) products is a complicated business.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seems ready and willing to hear “constructive criticism” on the proposed update to its Agricultural Worker Protection Standards, the head of the Association of American Pesticide Control Officers (AAPCO) told Agri-Pulse in an interview. EPA has not updated

As the debate emerges over who owns and controls “big data,” there are a host of related issues that also need to be addressed, including federal support for public data collection, opportunities for public/private partnerships and underlying infrastructure issues such as: how to provide “big broad

Idaho is poised to become the latest testing ground for a program to allow state convicts to work on private farms during crucial growing and harvesting period. The new law was enacted as Congress seems unable to address agricultural workforce issues as part of comprehensive immigration reform.

Witnesses at a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Tuesday focused on a parasite called the Varroa mite as the most significant factor impacting bee health, but environmental groups later said the hearing should have emphasized the use of neonicitinoid pesticides.

Two environmental consulting groups released a report they say offers a path to reducing the amount of carbon emissions from the global agriculture and food systems by up to 90 percent – the equivalent of removing all of the cars in the world by 2030.