Aarian Marshall

World food prices were at their highest levels in almost a year in March, after jumping a “sharp” 2.3 percent, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported yesterday

The European Union will not budge on its regulations forbidding hormone-treated beef during trade negotiations, the European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht said Tuesday.

One of the European Union’s top billed issues in trade negotiations is the question of “geographical indications,” many in the

One of biggest new buzz terms in the conservation community ? certainty ? could be a ?game-changer,? a paradigm-shifter, National Resources Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller said in a recent interview. ?Farmers understand

FDA will soon finalize its voluntary guidance on genetically engineered food labeling, agency Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the House Appropriations Committee yesterday

FDA has received positive written commitments from 25 of 26 animal drug companies in response to its request that they phase out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in livestock, the agency announced today

Freezing temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast have created a nationwide propane shortage, causing prices to spike and

President Obama may have equivocated a bit yesterday during his State of the Union address, but those attending the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) annual Dairy Forum seem sure: The dairy industry is

A labor dispute between the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) and the consortium overseeing the $5.25 billion expansion of the waterway is threatening to

After four years of watching lawmakers wrangle over a farm bill, farmers aren’t surprised. “Most producers I talk to are not surprised by the delay – they’re disappointed by the delay,” said