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The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, by 268-150.

USDA published a final rule today to implementing 2008 farm bill provisions to protect contract poultry growers and pork producers under the Packers and Stockyards Administration Act.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7- USDA announced a new range of tactics yesterday to combat trafficking in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – formerly known as food stamps.

WASHINGTON, Dec.8- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Jill Sommers testified before the House Committee on Agriculture this morning on the examination of the MF Global bankruptcy. Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine will testify later today in the same hearing.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8- Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) are introducing legislation to fully fund the CFTC so it can regulate the risky financial transactions that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, the recent collapse of MF Global and the

In a unanimous voice vote, the full Senate Agriculture Committee supported issuing a subpoena for former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine,

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has seen more than his fair share of farm program ideas come and go. So when he learned about some of the farm program proposals floated as part of the supercommittee process, he had a sense of “been there, done that.”

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2- The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed regulations regarding child labor safety regulations for agricultural and agriculture-related jobs. Agricultural organizations nationwide believe that the rules would significantly limit employment opportunities for youth in a

Lawmakers want to hear Jon Corzine, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey and governor of that state, explain what happened with billions of dollars lost in the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd., the eighth largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 – The Senate Agriculture Committee used today’s Wall Street Reform Act oversight hearing to question regulators on the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd.