Sarah Gonzalez

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6- The Senate voted to move forward with the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011, which would put pressure on China to allow the yuan to increase in value.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5- Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) spoke at the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2011 Washington Public Policy Conference yesterday before meeting with Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to deliberate final budget recommendations for the Joint Select Com

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5- Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) will offer an amendment that challenges the USDA proposal to limit potatoes in school meals when the Agricultural Appropriations bill reaches the Senate floor this week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced 36 beginning farmer and rancher grants at a total of $18 million today. Grant proposals are being accepted within the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Pro

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 - A coalition of 56 policy and advocacy organizations released their requirements to Congress today for the 2012 Farm Bill in a document entitled, “Principles for Strengthening the Conservation Title.”

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28- Employment rates in rural areas are not significantly improving, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) report, “Rural American at a Glance: 2011 Edition.” However, ERS reports that three in five counties did have some job growth between 2010 and 2011

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the EPA Regulatory Relief Act today with a 36-14 vote.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20- The Rural Energy for America Program will add 50 more blender pumps before the end of the fiscal year, said Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at an ethanol industry group conference today. These will be in addition to the 194 pumps announced last week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16--With football season in full swing, the United Soybean Board has a timely opportunity to remind sports’ fans about the increasing uses for soybeans in bio-based industrial products. Kansas State University is one of the latest customers for AstroTurf® GameDay Grass™, a soy-ba

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 – The Department of Agriculture announced today more than $27 million in loans and grants for more than 500 rural businesses and agricultural producers to incorporate renewable energy processes in their operations.