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Agri-Pulse analysis of the farm bill conferees’ opening statements – 36 of the 41 participating lawmakers spoke on Wednesday – reveal the farm bill “hot spots,” issues that are bound to cause some consternation and could hold up the legislation, in the words of House Agriculture Chairman Frank Luca

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a final rule today that aims to modernize the agency’s import regulations in relation to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, that supporters say may allow for more U.S. exports of beef products and critics s

President Obama signed an executive order today to create a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans for public review and comment.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2013 - In a letter today to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Agriculture

House and Senate lawmakers consistently identified commodity programs, crop insurance, food stamps and conservation programs as main priorities during the first conference committee meeting as they sought to find a compromise between the House and Senate farm bills.

Agricultural groups that represent members involved in the futures market opposed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) approval of its latest customer protections rule Wednesday.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), along with Organization for Competitive Markets, United Farm Workers of America, American Grassfed Association and three independent livestock farms filed a brief supporting the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law in a federal appeals court in Washi

The 1.4 million-member Teamsters Union weighed in Friday in favor of Senate provisions in the farm bill

Congress should work with the administration on approval of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in order to increase agricultural exports, as well as other exports, to the European Union, lawmakers and witnesses told the Senate Finance Committee during an Oct. 30 hearing.

More than 270 national, regional, and state-based organizations delivered a letter urging House and Senate farm bill conferees to reattach conservation requirements to federal subsidies for crop insurance, and to include a nationwide Sodsaver provision in the final farm bill conference report.