Sarah Gonzalez

An environmental group in North Carolina is questioning how farmers are disposing of hog carcasses resulting from the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which has killed more than 7 million pigs nationally since being found in U.S. herds in the spring of 2013.

An environmental group in North Carolina is questioning how farmers are disposing of hog carcasses resulting from the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which has killed more than 7 million pigs nationally since being found in U.S. herds in the spring of 2013.

Reps. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., and G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., say they will introduce a bill today aimed at blocking state GMO labeling laws. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 includes a new provision to regulate and certify foods promot

EPA chief Gina McCarthy says that while some of the agriculture communityÐs concerns about the agencyÐs proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) rule are legitimate, others are Ðjust ludicrous.Ð

The House Agriculture Committee is considering reauthorization of the agency that oversees swaps and futures market.

Tobacco, bad? Not necessarily.

Beef producers in Texas have voted to establish a state-level beef checkoff program.

Budget resolutions will be on the floor this week in both the House and Senate and, with little or no Democrat support available, Republican leaders need to keep as many GOP votes as possible.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization, announced today it ranked the herbicide glyphosate as Ðprobably carcinogenic to humans,Ð inspiring fierce rebuttal from the agricultural science community.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said the United States is challenging IndonesiaÐs import restrictions on several classes of agricultural products before the World Trade Organization.