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Agriculture – whose proponents have long argued the industry has a public image problem – tried a different tack this week. At a Capitol Hill summit attended by lobbyists, congressional staffers and industry members, a number of sector participants argued there’s a profound link between agriculture

Legislation aimed at improving rural telephone service in terms of call completion and at cracking down on carriers that allegedly discriminate against rural customers is winding through Congress.

While a majority of Americans continue to support the FDA’s labeling policy for food produced through biotechnology, the number of those opposed to the policy has increased since 2012, according to the 2014 International Food Information Council survey on “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology.”

The Senate Finance Committee will mark up legislation Thursday to renew various expired tax provisions, known as “tax extenders,” and to provide assistance for biodiesel, cellulosic biofuel and other renewable fuels.

Early reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed new rule to define “waters of the U.S.” last week was fairly predictable. Republicans and even a few Senate Democrats bashed the March 25 proposal as another example of regulatory overreach by out of touch bureaucrats. Iowa Sena

Like many landowners, Joe Hopkins purchased a farm with the expectation that he could generate income from his “crop” in southern Georgia – in this case, trees. But his income potential has been taking a severe hit due to a combination of Mother Nature, the Endangered Species Act and ongoing threat

Here’s help, maybe: Merriam-Webster defines “sustainability” as “involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources.”

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., released a fiscal year 2015 budget proposal Tuesday that aims to reduce federal spending by $5.1 trillion over 10 years and includes policy recommendations on EPA regulations and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as poss

A small animal health company based in Ames, Iowa, says it’s making progress toward gaining a conditional license from USDA for the vaccine it’s developed against a virus that has killed millions of piglets since its discovery in U.S. herds last spring.

The U.S. and EU are “clearly into negotiating mode,” after completing the fourth round of their Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks, Marc Vanheukelen, the European Trade Commission’s head of cabinet, told EU’s agriculture community at the annual Forum for Agriculture in Brus