Steve Davies

The federal crop insurance program is financially sound and growing, but continues to look for ways to expand its offerings and reduce its already low improper payment rate, Risk Management Agency Administrator Brandon Willis said today at a meeting with reporters.

President Barack Obama has signed the Global Food Security Act to help developing nations expand their agricultural capacity and get on a path to self-sufficiency.

Neutering EPA, expanding coal mining and giving states more responsibility for environmental regulation are among the goals contained in the Republican Party@s 2016 Platform, adopted at the convention in Cleveland.

- Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are using the waning days of Congress to push for a bill promoting renewable energy development on public lands. The goal of H.R. 2663, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act (PLREDA) of 2015, is to put win

Florida is struggling to deal with an ecological nightmare. An algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee has spread to surrounding waterways, prompting a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency, calls to buy sugar lands for water storage, and renewed accusations about the role of ag

The Dow-DuPont merger could result in both less ° and more ° competition in the seed industry, the National Corn Growers Association said in a letter to the Justice Department (DOJ).

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility does not have legal standing to challenge USDA°s Scientific Integrity Policy, a federal judge ruled today.

The House of Representatives today approved a 2017 spending bill for EPA and the Interior Department that would block many of the Obama administration's signature environmental initiatives, such as the Clean Power Plan and the waters of the U.S. rule.

Do farm operations that take part in the federal H-2A program, allowing them to temporarily hire foreign nationals, have to tell all potential employees ` including local Americans ` of the existence of higher-paying jobs approved under that program

USDA is providing nearly $55 million in grants and loan guarantees to help 821 small businesses in rural areas save on energy costs.