Prior to Thursday's cloture vote, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Ag Committee, reminded legislators of the economic importance of the

A House-passed bill to permit the sale or distribution of raw milk by the farmer directly to a consumer is dead in the Louisiana Senate.

Five U.S. senators on March 20 filed an amendment to the Senate budget bill to cut U.S. Department of Agriculture funding that may be used to purchase

A new bill on its way to President Obama’s desk for approval aims to improve protections for whistleblowers working in the federal government.

The Canadian government has passed the Safe Food for Canadians Act, S-11, which has been designed to modernize, consolidate and add consistency to the

The California Federal Milk Marketing Order Act would allow California dairy producers to petition the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to be considered

The Hawaii Senate committees on agriculture, consumer protection and health agreed Thursday to table a proposal that would have required labels on imp