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Although the final tally will not be known until all absentee ballots are counted, Washington voters were largely rejecting Initiative 522 on Tuesday night – a measure that would have mandated labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods on the front of packages containing GM ingredients.

Thirteen senators sent a letter today to the Senate farm bill conferees calling for provisions that aim to make crop insurance more accessible for a wider range of producers, including beginning farmers and specialty crop growers.

Sixteen bipartisan senators from the Great Lakes states wrote a letter today to the Army Corps of Engineers asking for the remaining steps needed to cut off Asian carp entry points into the Great Lakes.

Research from Iowa State University economists released Tuesday says the dire scenario promoted by the petroleum industry of higher fuel prices caused by increased Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) ethanol mandates cannot occur without the formation of an illegal cartel

A coalition of more than 130 stakeholder organizations wrote congressional agricultural leaders this week calling for the immediate passage of a five-year farm bill, including re-authorization of the proposed legislation’s energy title with $900 million in mandatory funding.

The Senate announced its conferees tonight for upcoming negotiations with the House over the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (H.R. 3080), moving closer to final congressional approval on the first reauthorization of a water resources development bill in more than five years.

North Dakotans and Canadians share a border and lots of common interests, but when it comes to Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL), at least one former North Dakotan – who now serves as President of the National Farmers Union – has had enough of hearing about how Canadians think Americans should gove

Lawmakers are expected to continue efforts this week to hammer out a myriad of differences over a long-term farm bill, which conferees hope to have done by the end of the year

USDA?s Risk Management Agency (RMA) released their harvest price levels today, allowing growers who purchased revenue assurance with the harvest price option to compare with spring-projected prices and estimate whether or not they may be eligible for insurance claims.

The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the Biotechnology Industry Organization filed Friday a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the oil industry in September challenging EPA’s implementation of this year’s Renewable Fue