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Advocates for local and healthy foods are hoping new farm bill funding will create a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that encourages healthier purchases for the more than 46 million people in the program.

In small communities across America, renewable fuels are making a big impact, according to a study conducted by John Dunham & Associates and released this week by Fuels America.

Stakeholders involved in the effort to expand broadband service in rural America say economic, legal and policy concerns often get in the way, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report on scientific breakthroughs discovered by USDA researchers that led to new patents and inventions, which are detailed in USDA’s 2013 Annual Report on Technology Transfer released today.

Large-scale agriculture deals funded by U.S. companies in Paraguay, Guatemala, and Colombia are undermining local food security and displacing small-holder farmers, according to a report released Tuesday by the worldwide development organization Oxfam America.

report highlights opportunities for Latin America and Caribbean nations to increase agricultural productivity and be the next global breadbasket

Large-scale agriculture deals funded by U.S. companies in Paraguay, Guatemala, and Colombia are undermining local food security and displacing small-holder farmers, according to a report released today by the worldwide development organization Oxfam America.

Less than three months after the 2014 Farm Bill passed with provisions on the $1 billion-plus program for food aid overseas, the international development group Oxfam America says another piece of legislation wending through the Senate could have disastrous implications for the federal government’s

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) today asked its members to resist a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to define “waters of the U.S.”

Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., underwent emergency heart surgery at an Arkansas hospital this morning and “is receiving excellent care,” according to a statement from his office. Boozman is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.