Philip Brasher

Top presidential economic advisers from both parties going back to Gerald Ford are calling on Congress to give President Obama fast-track negotiating authority. In the letter, the 14 economists also argue against using trade a

Workers recruited from Mexico and other countries to temporarily work on farms and in the food industry need better protection from recruiters who charge hefty, prohibited fees and lie about jobs, according to investigators.

A strain of avian influenza that is highly pathogenic has confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Minnesota, marking the first finding of the H5N2 virus in the Mississippi flyway, the Agriculture Department says.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is standing by a proposal to de-list the gray wolf as an endangered species, but shes coming under pressure from House Democrats to keep the animal under protection.

A longtime aide to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Matt Paul, is leaving USDA to manage Hillary Clintons campaign in Iowa.

The Food and Drug Administrations request for more money to enforce a series of new food safety regulations on domestic and imported foods is getting a cool reception from House appropriators.

The timetable for moving a fast-track trade negotiating bill may be slipping amid a disagreement between Senate Republicans and Democrats over the terms of the legislation. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch said he likely canðt move the bill until after the Easter

Agri-Pulse Audio Web Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts said he plans a bipartisan overhaul of federal nutrition requirements so that poor or rural school districts as well as wealthy, urban ones can meet the meal standards.

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would force employers to use the E-Verify system to ensure their workers can legally work in the Untied States, a requirement that farmers fear could snag their workers.

The Obama administration wonðt commit to providing Congress with recommendations for overhauling the country-of-origin labeling law for meat.