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Passing a farm bill has traditionally required an urban and rural coalition, and the American Soybean Association (ASA) doesn`t appear to be taking the need for that coalition lightly.

Do farm operations that take part in the federal H-2A program, allowing them to temporarily hire foreign nationals, have to tell all potential employees ` including local Americans ` of the existence of higher-paying jobs approved under that program

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) today announced its first major initiative ` and it`s a doozy: a $100,000 prize to be awarded annually to a mid-career scientist.

Biotech Disclosure Bill, Chairman Mike Conaway, Collin Peterson, President Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, House Rules Committee, White House, Interior Department, EPA, Representative Jim McGovern, House Agriculture Committee

USDA is providing nearly $55 million in grants and loan guarantees to help 821 small businesses in rural areas save on energy costs.

The U.S. Cattlemen�s Association has sent a letter to the National Cattlemen�s Beef Association asking why the organization lobbied for rules that would have limited Freedom of Information Act requests to checkoff organizations.

House Rules Committee, President Obama, Farm Service Agency, National Association of Credit Specialists, Ben Herink, Dirty South Deli, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, National Farmers Market Week, Food Safety Inspection Service

With Congress about to break for the summer, the House is set this week to consider sending to President Obama an historic compromise on biotech food labeling.

More than 1,100 organizations and companies are appealing to House leaders to pass legislation that would set national disclosure standards for genetically engineered ingredients. The House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed bill later this week. Unless the bill is

House GMO labeling, Pat Roberts, Debbie Stabenow, Chip Bowling, National Corn Growers Association, House Rules Committee, International Trade Commission, China ammonium sulfate, U.S. Commerce Department, Seth Meyer, USDA World Agricultural Outlook