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The U.S. Department of Agriculture lists which activities will continue if there is a federal government shutdown.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told organic producers that new procedures are needed to protect farmers' ability to farm they way they like, whether using biotech, conventional, or organic practices.

The Obama Administration announced it is ready to ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia and expand U.S. exports by more than $1.1 billion once Colombia implements stronger protections for labor unions.

Promising a “Path to Prosperity,” House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled a fiscal 2012 budget proposal Tuesday which “Stops Washington from spending money it does not have on government programs that do not work.”

The Senate voted Tuesday to repeal the health care law’s 1099 tax reporting requirement, making this legislative fix ready for President Obama to sign.

Conservation advocate Amos Eno calls for a radically different approach to conservation, based not on environmental wishful thinking but on hard economic realities.

Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Pat Roberts introduced legislation Monday “to eliminate a burdensome, costly and redundant permit requirement for applications of pesticides.”

House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Friday that he expects negotiators to hammer out a fiscal 2011 budget deal over the weekend to avoid a government shutdown next Friday.

The Environmental Protection Agency posted a draft final pesticide general permit to “minimize” discharges into U.S. waters that spells out which uses will be covered.

In a hearing on new Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules for the $600 trillion derivatives market, House Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., called for delay to avoid disrupting markets and driving up costs.