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USDA kicked off the start of National Small Business week by announcing the recipients of $4.7 million in grant funds today.

The House Appropriations Committee approved Thursday its fiscal year 2014 agriculture appropriations bill that would reduce about $1.3 billion in discretionary funding

An Arizona congressman is attempting to do legislatively what the oil industry is attempting in federal court – modify the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to lower cellulosic biofuel requirements.

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2012 -The conviction last week of a Maryland man on charges he sold some $9 million in fraudulent renewable energy credits based on biodiesel he never produced is the latest in ongoing developments that have shaken the biodiesel industry, raised question of confidence in how EPA

Those five “workshops” on competition in agriculture that USDA and the Department of Justice held around the country in 2010 generated a flood of commentary at the time and now, nearly two years later, a 24-page report from the DOJ Antitrust Division that sums it all up.

Despite strident criticism from Republicans in Congress over the U.S. military's pursuit of renewable alternative fuels for jets and vehicles, the Navy, USDA and DOE this morning announced the offer of more than $60 million in funding aimed at developing new biofuel technologies.

The House and Senate last Friday approved legislation that includes the federal surface transportation reauthorization bill, which provides an estimated $105 billion in federal funding for highway, transit and safety programs through the end of September 2014. After nine extensions, Congress narrow

While the Supreme Court deemed virtually all of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) constitutional last week, Republican leaders are still calling for full repeal and critics are questioning the legitimacy of issuing the “individual mandate” as a congressional tax. In the meantim

Scattered rain and windstorms wreaked havoc over the weekend, while bringing welcome moisture to some regions of the U.S. But it was not enough rain to dispel mounting concerns about the nation’s corn, soybean and other crops.

USDA issued an update today on its investigation into the discovery of genetically engineered wheat in Oregon, reaffirming that no other GE wheat has been discovered.