Vilsack blasts House over farm bill 06.21.2013 By Josh Sosland Criticizes inability to achieve bipartisan consensus.Read More
U.S.D.A. research director addressing bakers 06.21.2013 By Josh Sosland Sonny Ramaswamy to speak at A.B.A. FTRAC gathering.Read More
House rejects farm bill by vote of 234 to 195 06.21.2013 By Jay Sjerven Bill would have cut spending on SNAP by $20.5 billion over 10 years.Read More
House rejects farm bill 06.20.2013 By Jay Sjerven Democrats vote 172 to 24 against the bill, while 60 Republican members also vote no.Read More
House rejects efforts to restore SNAP cuts, overhaul foreign food aid 06.20.2013 By Jay Sjerven House votes 234 to 188 against amendment.Read More
House begins consideration of farm bill 06.19.2013 By Jay Sjerven Bill's co-sponsors urge House members to pass the bill with few amendments.Read More
White House would veto House farm bill over SNAP cuts 06.18.2013 By Jay Sjerven Proposed cuts of $21 billion over 10 years seen as too steep by administration.Read More
U.S.D.A. calls bioengineered wheat isolated incident 06.17.2013 By Ron Sterk International trading partners continue to study the incident in an effort to determine what, if any, actions may be taken.Read More
Organic changes involve annatto extract, silicon dioxide 06.13.2013 By Jeff Gelski The U.S.D.A. removes non-organic annatto extract color from a national list and puts restrictions on silicon dioxide useRead More
Court throws out organic seed growers’ case against Monsanto 06.11.2013 By Eric Schroeder Court says 'binding assurances' on web site enough to dismiss the lawsuit.Read More