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President Obama suspended Argentina from the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program

national biofuels organizations and renewable energy advocates joined forces to highlight the role RFS plays in moderating gasoline prices.

The intelligence community released a Global Water Security assessment yesterday, which determines that water shortages will contribute to unrest and instability in many regions within the next decade.

the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear three days of arguments on whether or not President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is constitutional and a farm program case may be key to the decision.

Eating foods that contain isoflavones – a key compound in soy milk, tofu, green tea and even peanuts – every day may help young adults lower their blood pressure, according to research presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology’s 61st Annual Scientific Session.

Commissioner Scott O’Malia said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken too many liberties when it comes to cost-benefit analyses of its actions and explaining its rationale behind some of the rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Act.

The U.S. government plans to appeal the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) panel decision against a law requiring Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) on all meat products sold in grocery stores.

President Obama announced the United States’ nomination of Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to be President of the World Bank today.

House Ag Committee met this morning to discuss how Ryan's budget plan would impact their options for writing the 2012 Farm bill.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler defended his agency’s is request for a 50 percent funding increase in fiscal year 2013 this week and testified in front of Congress members representing heavily agricultural districts during today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee