Daniel Enoch

USDA plans to invest $8 million in fiscal year 2016 in projects that will help farmers and ranchers served by the drought-depleted Ogallala Aquifer conserve billions of gallons of water annually while strengthening agricultural operations.

President Barack Obama says heàll suspend all duty-free treatment of South African agricultural exports to the U.S., within 60 days unless the country makes some progress toward eliminating barriers to shipments of certain U.S. farm products, including chicken,

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be released �very, very soon� and that the document will prove to be �very beneficial� to agriculture.

- A task force of land-grant academics and representatives from veterinary schools has released a report outlining a national strategy for reducing the role antibiotics used in food-animal production systems play in the broader antimicrobial resistance problem.

Deere & Co. has agreed to buy MonsantoÐs Precision Planting LLC for undisclosed terms, the companies said today in a statement. The deal will enable real-time connectivity between certain Deere farm equipment and the FieldView platform developed by MonsantoÐs Climate

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed a total ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos for agricultural uses, saying it has been unable to make a safety finding as required under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) by a court-imposed Oct. 3

USDA said today that its Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) is investing $210 million in 21 states to nearly double the number of gas station pumps nationwide that supply renewable fuels to American motorists.

USDA s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) is conducting a  thorough administrative review  of issues involving the American Egg Board following reports that Chief Executive Officer Joanne Ivy tried to persuade Whole Foods

USDA s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has decided to deregulate Monsanto Co. s corn genetically engineered (GE) for protection against corn rootworm and resistance to the herbicide glyphosate. The agency also said it has preliminarily determined that it will e

- USDAðs Inspector General has filed an interim report on its investigation into a New York Times story in January that alleged instances of animal abuse at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska.