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the Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has agreed to drop the suit as long as George’s Inc. makes several capital improvements at the Harrisonburg, Va., processing plant.

The board of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) unanimously voted on Wednesday to grant preliminary approval of the proposed merger between CoBank and U.S. AgBank.

Conrad accused some participants in the high-level budget talks led by Vice President Biden of “pursuing an agenda that would absolutely cripple production agriculture.”

Farm subsdiy critics gained new ammunition in their attempt to dismantle farm programs today with the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) release of their updated farm payment database.

ending horse processing has had a detrimental effect on both the economy and animal welfare

The Obama Administration needs to act now to implement and enforce the GIPSA rule.

The World Food Prize named John Agyekum Kufour, former president of Ghana, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil, winners of the 2011 World Food Prize

USDA increased fy2011 raw sugar tariff-rate quota

USDA will provide $14.4 million of targeted funding in fiscal year 2011 to help eligible agricultural producers in the Mississippi River Basin

As more and more financial market analysts express concern about whether Washington will deal with historic deficits and debt levels, lawmakers indicated more willingness to keep working on getting a deal done sooner, rather than waiting for the Aug. 2. deadline for raising the debt limit.