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The Farmer Assurance Provision has a simple purpose: It assures farmers that frivolous junk-science lawsuits won’t stop them from planting biotech crops that have been USDA approved for planting after passing years of rigorous testing....More

Plant explosion rocks rural Texas. Fire officials say the blast destroyed or damaged dozens of homes....More

Best guess suggests that Congress will get a farm bill done by the end of the fiscal year....More

Washington and Ohio join new federal-state partnership targeting recipient fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program....More

An aging U.S. waterway infrastructure – which carries more than 60 percent of America’s grain and other commodity exports -- may be set to get a funding boost from Congress that will allow for more than a facelift....More

USDA's surprising grain stocks estimate sent corn futures lower....More

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is launching the Agricultural Innovation and Heritage Archive, reaching out to farmers and ranchers to preserve America's agricultural heritage....More

Through the efforts of these dedicated Extension and experiment station professionals, a multitude of people around the world are finding ways to feed the hungry everyday, and each year make progress to address world food shortages and the growing need for biofuels...More

Amid continuing budget concerns and a need to not be caught flat-footed when Congress again takes up a new farm bill, the American Soybean Association has shifted positions on what the new legislation should contain....More

The Vatican is one of the world’s strongest supporters of genetically modified crops. When it comes to the technology of food production, however, the Vatican remains true to its oldest principles while also standing at the forefront of science....More