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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (DTN) — In the debate over which agency should take the lead in regulating cell-cultured proteins — or meats — the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Committee Appointees. State committees are selected by the Secretary, serve at the pleasure of the …

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on Friday that his agency will withdraw the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices final rule. The rule was signed in the waning hours of …

At Northern Ag Network, we have been reporting since 2012 on the concern about the stringent USDA nutrition guideline set forth for the national school lunch program. Over the last …

Agri-Marketing reports:  President Donald Trump has proposed halting funding for rural clean water initiatives and reducing county-level staff, for a 21 percent drop in discretionary spending at the Department of …

Kami Kilwine, rangeland management specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Miles City, Mont., was recognized by NRCS as the Early Career Rangeland / Pastureland Conservationist for 2016 …

WASHINGTON (February 6, 2017) – Further delaying a much-anticipated and necessary set of protections for family farmers and ranchers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today pushed back the effective …

Washington Post reports:  In what sounded like an unsanctioned gag order, but in reality was a standard request that comes with a change of administration, employees of the scientific research …

by Todd Neeley DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) — President-elect Donald Trump's selection of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to head USDA was praised by a broad swath of agriculture …

  DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 29, 2016 – Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam today announced that beginning Jan. 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer an …