The USDA appears to be on track to unveil on Friday details of a $12 billion assistance plan for farmers hurt by the international blowback from President Donald Trump’s trade battles.

The Environmental Protection Agency is prepared to propose a boost in renewable fuel volumes for 2019, according to news reports confirmed by Agri-Pulse.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule to implement the landmark legislation requiring some form of disclosure of biotech ingredients on food packaging.

President Donald Trump signaled that he’s serious about the U.S. rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a means to counteract China’s growing influence and leadership along the Pacific Rim.

Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion spending bill that addresses several ag priorities, including revisions to Section 199A and an exemption from farm emissions reporting for the livestock industry.

Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the U.S., resigned Friday only a day after the board of directors had agreed to retain him despite allegations of sexual harassment. 

Mary Kay Thatcher plans to join Syngenta's Washington, D.C. office as senior lead of Federal Government Relations in mid-February.

The vote on the procedural measure was 81-18.

Rep. Collin Peterson says the biggest problem facing congressional farm bill negotiators, beyond plain old financing, is going to be what to do with SNAP.

The Trump administration is considering colocating some local offices of agencies in the Ag Department, Interior Department, and Army Corps of Engineers.