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TUSCON, ARIZONA, June 22, 2013 - Researchers at the University of Arizona say a new global assessment they released this month helps scientists explain why genetically modified crops have suppressed some pests

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -Scientists supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found the size of this year’s Gulf of Mexico oxygen-free ‘dead zone’ to be the fourth smallest since mapping of the annual hypoxic, or oxygen-free area began in 1985.

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -Topographical technology can improve conventional implementation of vegetative buffer systems in the row crop landscape, which is “not working as well as it should,” a U.S. Forest Service research scientist told a National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (C-

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -The International Dairy Foods Association takes issue with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s belief that the cost of dairy margin insurance could become “very, very expensive” without a mechanism that functions like a provision to discourage production and, thus, pa

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees continue their investigations into the recent Peregrine financial group failure and MF Global’s loss of customer funds last year, agricultural cooperatives and small financial institutions desperate for market certainty also

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -With drought conditions burning up pastures and limiting availability of affordable feedstocks, many livestock and poultry farmers are scrambling to figure out how to stay in business. In some cases, they are already liquidating herds.

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -The Food Safety Modernization Act, passed with bipartisan support in 2010 and signed into law in January 2011, was touted as a way to decrease food-borne illness outbreaks.

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) failed to ensure that the soil rental rates it used for the 2010 Conservation Reserve Program signup were reasonable, the Office of Inspector General said in an audit report released Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -As hot, dry conditions persist across much of the United States, more people are wondering just how severe the damage will be? Will this drought will be as severe as 1988, which continued into 1989 and caused an estimated $60 billion in damages, or potentially worse?

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2012 -In a concession to the difficulties of achieving political consensus during a presidential election year, congressional leaders from both parties reached a deal with the White House to continue funding the federal government through March 2013 at levels established in la