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The semiannual meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) opened haltingly Tuesday, delayed for 30 minutes by a protest over policy changes and, moments later, a procedural effort to remove the USDA official charged with running the meeting.

Lawmakers return today after a two-week recess and are set to discuss genetically modified crops (GMOs), big data, and immigration reform among other issues.

Weeks after being caught on video kissing a married staff member, Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La., told his home town newspaper that he won’t seek reelection.

A new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) used public polling, food safety and testing data and philosophical and legal evaluations to determine that mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) food would increase food costs and have “negative implications” fo

President Barack Obama’s two-day trip to Japan ended yesterday without a breakthrough on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), according to statements from the White House

The men and women driving farm and food policy from the helm of nonprofit trade associations may not be ?bringing home the bacon? like folks leading publicly-traded companies, but a review of their compensation packages shows significant gains from prior years.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., pressed the State Department today to conduct an “independent, comprehensive” study of potential health impacts associated with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project.

A research coalition representing agricultural groups, businesses and universities asked Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., to have USDA representation at a hearing the committee is holding next week on federal research spending.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged Japan and the U.S. to take advantage of President Obama's visit to Tokyo to strike a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiatio

The food industry is sending signals that it will go to federal court again to overturn a Vermont state law that would require food labels to disclose ingredients derived through biotechnology.