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The Republican platform gives some ammunition to hard-line conservatives in Congress who want to split the farm bill, separating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from farm and conservation programs. The platform, approved on the opening day of the convention, says

The Agriculture Department is gearing up to implement national GMO disclosure standards following last week@s overwhelming 306-117 vote that sent the legislation to President Obama for his signature. No date has been set for Obama to sign the bill, and critics of biotechnology,

Stockholders of Dow Chemical and DuPont have voted to approve a merger of the two companies.

U.S. citrus growers are already beset by numerous pests and diseases, and the last thing they want is a new threat to their groves. That@s why so many are alarmed at what they say is a rush job by USDA to allow lemons from Northwest Argentina into the country.

Florida is struggling to deal with an ecological nightmare. An algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee has spread to surrounding waterways, prompting a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency, calls to buy sugar lands for water storage, and renewed accusations about the role of ag

Just in case.That@s the philosophy many local USDA Farm Service Agency offices are taking with wheat producers and paperwork for Loan Deficiency Payments. South Dakota State FSA Executive Director Craig Schaunaman told Agri-Pulse that reports of paperwork being distributed to produ

While the United Kingdom@s decision to withdraw from the European Union isn@t likely to have much effect on the global food system, over time it could make it more difficult for the United States and the EU to find common ground on biotechnology and other food trade issues.

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The Dow-DuPont merger could result in both less ° and more ° competition in the seed industry, the National Corn Growers Association said in a letter to the Justice Department (DOJ).

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a new cross government partnership @ the Clean Energy Savings for All Initiative @ to increase access to solar energy and promote energy efficiency across the country, particularly in low- and moderate- income communities.