The Department of Agriculture has whittled down a list of locations still in the running to house USDA’s Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

NFU President Roger Johnson tells Agri-Pulse a perfect storm has created opportunities for beginning farmers who write solid business plans that take advantage of lower entry costs at a time of depressed commodity prices.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said today he is planning on officially starting negotiations with Japan next month for a bilateral free trade agreement.

Hannah Pagel will join the Agri-Pulse editorial team in Washington, D.C., as an associate editor, handling writing and broadcast duties.

Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis.

In the early 1980s, my grandfather, Dr. John Willard, traveled to Kenya on an agriculture mission of hope.

October 16 is World Food Day, a time to promote worldwide awareness and action on behalf of those who suffer from hunger – and acknowledge the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

The European Union Court of Justice’s recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval process as traditional transgenic genetically modified plants has sent shock waves around the world and its greatest impact will be on those who are hungry and food insecure.

Congress is in the midst of updating, as it does about every five years, the so-called farm bill, our nation’s comprehensive agricultural and food policy.