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After about four hours of hearings on Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously signed off on Tom Vilsack’s confirmation as the next […]

In a hearing that will likely feature a lot of discussion about COVID-19 relief payments, the future of the Commodity Credit Corporation […]

The Senate Agriculture Committee is slated to begin the confirmation process for Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack on Tuesday, but that […]

Late Wednesday, USDA announced it’s temporarily freezing processing payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Local FSA offices will continue accepting […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued three blending waivers, or Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs), to fuel refiners immediately before the exit of […]

U.S. agriculture is ready to begin implementing the general changes it needs to in order to become part of limiting adverse climate […]

Jewel Bronaugh, Virginia state agriculture commissioner, has been nominated for deputy ag secretary, the number-two post at USDA. She was one of […]

The USDA Risk Management Agency announced changes to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) insurance plan for 2021 crop year and beyond. The […]

In the last few hours of the Trump Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency granted two small refinery exemptions from fulfilling their requirements […]

Changes to the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program, a rule for hemp production, expanded COVID-19 aid through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) […]