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The Agriculture Department is tightening its Process Verified Program to ensure more uniform administration across commodities and to make it easier for consumers to check marketing claims. USDAps Agricultural Marketing Service is instituting a single management structure for th

The World Trade Organization today announced the amount of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods authorized in the country-of-origin labeling dispute with Canada and Mexico, potentially starting the path toward congressional repeal of the controversial law.

Senators who have been trying to negotiate a compromise bill to block state GMO labeling laws say the issue is dead for this year. Agriculture interests and food companies have been holding out hope that compromise legislation that could be inserted in a must-pass omnibus spending bill tha

USDAps Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has given Monsanto the go-ahead to market corn genetically engineered for increased ear biomass.

The Senate gave final congressional approval Thursday night to a five-year, $305 billion highway bill on an 83-16 vote, hours after the House passed the measure. Now the president s signature is the only thing standing in the way of the first long-term bill in a dec

The Senate cleared a long-term transportation bill late Thursday after soundly rejecting a last-ditch effort to restore a $3 billion cut to the crop insurance program. The cut, which was part of the two-year budget agreement enacted in November, would be repealed by the

The food industry is launching a smartphone-based system that companies hope will satisfy consumer demands for information about genetically engineered ingredients, livestock production methods and other product attributes. The SmartLabel system, which also will allow con

The House of Representatives today advanced a conference report on a long-term highway bill, leaving Senate approval and a Presidential signature the only thing standing in the way of the first long-term bill on the subject in a decade.

Agricultural producers who chose coverage from the safety net programs established by the 2014 farm bill known as Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage can begin visiting Farm Service Agency county offices starting Dec. 7 to sign contracts or enroll in coverage for 2016

The White House is trying to protect its waters of the United States rule during negotiations over a government-wide funding bill for fiscal 2016, a senior House appropriator says.