Daniel Enoch

Senator Pat Roberts defeated Tea Party challenger Milton Wolf in the Republican primary in Kansas on Tuesday, earning the right to seek a fourth term and possible chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture Committee if the GOP gains control of the Senate this fall.

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives Friday night finally found enough votes to get a border security bill passed, but not until they postponed the start of their August recess and well after senators left on their summer break, leaving the legislation with nowhere to go.

The House of Representatives on Thursday postponed its August recess by one day, after Republican leaders pulled their $659 million border security bill when it became apparent it didn’t have enough votes to pass.

USDA today released a report that provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying changes in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and carbon storage from different land management and conservation activities.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today introduced a bill that would impose a national tax on sweetened beverages

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed H.R. 4315, the “Endangered Species Transparency Act,” which would require the government to make public all data it uses to decide whether a species should be listed as endangered.

Oxfam International is applauding General Mills for committing to what it calls “industry-leading measures” to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chains and to support political action to address climate change

The American Meat Institute (AMI) said it is evaluating its options after the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied its request for a preliminary injunction to block implementation of USDA’s final rule on country-of-origin labeling.

The environment will be among a wide range of issues the House and Senate will consider this week as they prepare for their August recess.

The U.S. nitrogen fertilizer market will soon reach a point of saturation, following the sharp increase in capacity in recent years as the cost of natural gas – used in fertilizer production -- fell with the fracking boom.