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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30- The U.S. Department of Education’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will host a Twitter Rural Forum at #EDRuralChat on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 3-3:30 p.m. ET. Beginning today, Twitter users can submit questions on rural education to the Deputy Assistant Sec

, the need for a strong federal safety net, coupled with investments in conservation and research, were on the top of Kansas farmers’ “wish lists” at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s field hearing today.

WASHINGTON, August 26 – In anticipation of a severe reduction in funding for Direct Payments, the National Cotton Council (NCC) announced Friday it will ask Congress to enact a revenue-based crop insurance safety net in the next farm bill.

MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 24 – CropLife America president and CEO Jay Vroom spoke to attendees of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s (KARA) Annual Meeting in Manhattan, Kan., yesterday about regulatory concerns in U.S. agriculture and the important role of state-level outreach.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to vote next month on more rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, even though several agricultural interests are pushing back against what they view as unnecessary regulations. The rules under consideration would set a time

The Governors Wind Energy Coalition asks the White House to seek the extension of tax credits that boost wind energy development.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22--USDA announced today that 18 telecommunication recipients will share more than $103 million in funding for 23 projects to provide broadband services to rural communities.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) released a report detailing how farmers altered their land-use decisions in response to the higher demand for corn-based ethanol. Rising gasoline prices and new bioenergy policies stimulated the increase in ethanol production by nine bil

WASHINGTON, August 22, 2011—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the winning proposals for the 2011 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG). Through CIG, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is investing nearly $22.5 million in innovative conservation technologies and

ATKINSON, Ill. Aug. 17--President Obama completed his three-day Midwest bus tour today in Ill. During the town hall meeting in Atkinson at Wyffel Hybrids, a corn seed manufacturer, Obama addressed questions from the audience about deficit reduction, regulation and ethanol.